Portable spectrometer SCiO shipping soon to Kickstarter backers

SCiO

Consumer Physics, the company behind pocket molecular sensor SCiO, is preparing to ship early SDK units to its Kickstarter researcher community, which helped it raise more than $2.7 million in pre-orders.

The portable device does its magic by relying on the power of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to scan physical materials for their molecular fingerprint. The nutritional values of foods, identity of pharmaceutical pills, and much more can be gleaned in just a few seconds using SCiO, a smartphone or tablet, and Consumer Physics’ database of matter.

During its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Consumer Physics’ SCiO has raised $2.7 million in pre-orders.“It’s been more than four years since we started working on SCiO, and the Kickstarter campaign has been part of an absolutely amazing journey,” said Dror Sharon, CEO of Consumer Physics. “The greatest value we got out of our campaign has been the highly enthusiastic and engaged community of early adopters, scientists, developers, and more SCiO explorers. Their feedback has and will continue to have a huge and positive impact on our roadmap, our processes, and our final product. We can’t wait to share SCiO with our community and beyond!”

Since completing its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in June 2014, Consumer Physics has focused on perfecting its technology and building an ecosystem of global developers to help build unique molecular sensing applications based on the SCiO handheld sensor.

SCiO has received numerous accolades including Last Gadget Standing, UNESCO Netexplo Innovation Awards, Stuff Gadget Awards, The Edison Awards, among others. The device and developer kits are available for pre-order from the company’s website.