A Glasgow company, spun out of the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, that builds very sensitive magnetic sensors for wearables, gesture control and health monitoring.
Neuranics is a Scottish sensor company that builds tiny magnetic sensors able to pick up the faint magnetic signals the human body gives off. Its sensors use a technology called tunnelling magnetoresistance, which it combines with its own circuit design, hardware and software. Its sensors can detect muscle activity in the forearm to tell what your fingers are doing, an approach it calls magnetomyography, and it is also working on sensors for heart activity. It sees uses in wearable health monitors, fitness devices, extended reality headsets and gesture controls for the next generation of computers.
The company describes itself as a pioneer in magnetic sensing and as redefining human-machine interaction. At its start, chief executive Noel McKenna said the aim was to become the world's leading magnetic sensor company, selling sensor chips or licensing the technology so it could go into very large numbers of products. The sensors are designed to be small, low-cost and low-power and to work at room temperature, whereas existing ways of measuring the same signals rely on large, expensive equipment found in laboratories and clinics.
Neuranics is based in Glasgow. A news article describes it as a joint spinout from the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh. It has been shortlisted for support from the Glasgow City Region Investment Zone for a new nanofabrication centre, planned with Kelvin Nanotechnology and the University of Glasgow's James Watt Nanofabrication Centre. The company says this would be the UK's first facility dedicated to making and assembling magnetic sensors from start to finish, and expects it to create more than 100 skilled jobs over ten years, along with apprenticeships and graduate roles. It was also chosen for the Scale Up Scotland programme and showed its sensor at the CES technology show in Las Vegas in 2025.
Neuranics is small. Press releases from mid-2025 give a team of about 26 people. Its leadership includes Noel McKenna as chief executive and Professor Hadi Heidari as chief technology officer, and it works closely with university researchers, so it has a strong science and engineering feel. We did not find published detail on workplace culture or benefits, so we do not describe them here.
A company like this employs physicists, electronics and chip designers, software and firmware engineers, fabrication and test specialists, applications engineers who work with customers, and business development and finance staff. The planned fabrication centre would add people who run and maintain advanced manufacturing equipment. It says it is already working with several large consumer electronics firms, so people who enjoy physics, electronics or materials science can find real products to contribute to.
Website: neuranics.com
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