Clemens Neervoort

Clemens began his career at Philips NXP before transitioning to Radboud, where he assisted PhD students in developing their research software. After gaining 20 years of experience, he had the chance to establish his own company.

In 1993, Clemens joined a new company called Championchip, which revolutionized running and sports events by creating a small RFID responder that enabled precise timing of participants from start to finish. In 2008, Championchip was sold to AMB and rebranded as MyLaps.

In 2013, Clemens was approached by Prof. Dr. Maria Hopman, who was responsible for advising the 4-day marches in Nijmegen on issues related to thermoregulation and participant overheating. In 2006, several participants suffered severe health issues or even died due to overheating. In the following years, she researched the causes of overheating and provided safety recommendations for the event.

One of her goals was to gain deeper insights into the core temperature of participants. She was already using a swallowable sensor to measure core temperature at the start and finish lines but wanted a sensor that could track core temperature throughout the entire walk. Clemens accepted this challenge and began developing a swallowable capsule capable of accurately and continuously measuring core temperature. Some of the technology utilized in this capsule was based on the previous Championchip technology. For example, the myTemp capsule is passive, meaning it does not contain a power source, but it features more complex hardware and software components.

In 2014, myTemp was founded to further develop and market this capsule. By 2022, myTemp became part of Purplexus.