Farmers face numerous challenges—be it dealing with climate change or soil fertility and plant health. With ever-increasing population growth, they are expected to produce more food than ever before. However, without adequate resources to help them out, their lives become difficult.
Consumer Physics, an agricultural device manufacturing company, is empowering farmers with a range of resources to help them. Their material sensing tools provide farmers with accurate soil and plant health data, animal feed analysis and a lot more.
This article details everything about SCiO by Consumer Physics and how it is transforming agricultural technology.
SCiO by Consumer Physics
Consumer Physics manufactures agricultural and food monitoring devices under its brand name SCiO. With developers and researchers with expertise in fields like agriculture, farming, and IoT technologies, SCiO specialises in next-gen farming and technology.
The company aims to improve yield and sustainability by helping farmers monitor various aspects of their crops efficiently and accurately. All SCiO products are accurate and economical—making farmers work with ease.
Let us know more about SCiO’s product offerings.
SCiO Products
SCiO Corn Moisture Analyser – Scanner
The SCiO Corn Analyser is a portable analyzer that determines the moisture content of corn that hasn’t been shelled in the field. This hand-held device gives quick and precise analysis for moisture levels between 8% and 80%.
It helps farmers predict field yield, harvest at accurate times and minimise dry-down of resources.
SCiO Cup Feed Analyser
The SCiO Cup is the quickest lab-grade animal feed analyser on the market. It is portable, accurate, and easy to use. With the use of Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS), the SCiO cup brings decision-making out of the lab. It transforms feed analysis by helping farmers ensure consistent dry matter in feed, minimise leftovers and plan optimal corn silage harvesting time.
SCiO Grain Analyser
SCiO Grain Analyser is the world’s first pocket spectrometer. It helps you measure the molecular makeup of nearly anything from raw materials to packaged food items. Used and recommended by researchers and dieticians around the world, the device instantaneously scans your food grains. Results can be viewed in its diet sensor app.
All SCiO products are portable, accurate, economical and easy to use. SCiO also offers an advanced suite of tools to collect data and build your own models.
History and background
SCiO was founded in 2011 by two terrific individuals—Damian Goldring and Dror Sharon. Their passion for revolutionary change in agriculture led to building this innovative start-up—SCiO by Consumer Physics—in Herzliya, Israel.
Utilising the latest optical, algorithmic and computer technologies, they miniaturised traditional NIR Spectrometers into SCiO—pocket-sized handheld spectrometers.
Funding and growth
SCiO by Consumer Physics received massive support from several reputed organisations since its initial days. It received sponsorships from all around the world and became a major part of global meet-ups.
Renowned investors like Spruce Capital Partners and Alumni Ventures are funding SCiO. It has a total of seven investors and has raised $22.3M in over 9 funding rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 3, 2018, from a Venture – Series Unknown.
Agriculture businesses around the world have already successfully integrated SCiO into their own production systems, enabling them to improve yields and quality. Even with the rise of COVID-19, farmers who used SCiO faced no issues in their cultivation. Instead, they saw a massive increase in production with minimal waste.
SCiO provided farmers with advanced scanning measures at home to avoid the risk of going outside in the chaos of the pandemic.
SCiO’s Future Vision
Over the years, SCiO has achieved several milestones. Moving forward, they aim to-
- Reduce costs and increase production in agriculture with precision agriculture.
- Make access to agricultural technology consistent and easy worldwide.
- Make people aware of their food intake and nutritional value.
Final Thoughts
SCiO has made revolutionary changes in the agriculture industry, helping farmers to make accurate analyses and making smart decisions. Their solution is proven simple, fast, accurate and economical.
Working at the intersection of agricultural technology and people, we will be able to see SCiO touching and improving lives through their wise and practical application of technology.
