Consumer Physics is a technology company known for creating SCiO, a handheld molecular sensor that uses near-infrared spectroscopy to perform real-time chemical and material analysis for consumers, industrial partners, and developers.
Consumer Physics launched SCiO via a successful crowdfunding campaign back in 2014-2015, capturing attention as one of the first consumer spectrometers. Since then, they’ve raised venture funding and established partnerships in agriculture (notably with a large berry producer and with BASF’s digital farming unit). The company’s expertise is in chemometrics and miniaturized optics. As of early 2021, they have also partnered with firms in food processing and supply chain to integrate SCiO into quality systems.