SCiO first affordable molecular sensor that fits in the palm of your hand

[Banefoul]

Meet SCiO. It is the world's first affordable molecular sensor that fits in the palm of your hand. SCiO is a tiny spectrometer and allows you to get instant relevant information about the chemical make-up of just about anything around you, sent directly to your smartphone.

Out of the box, when you get your SCiO, you’ll be able to analyze food, plants, and medications.

For example, you can:

Get nutritional facts about different kinds of food: salad dressings, sauces, fruits, cheeses, and much more.
See how ripe an Avocado is, through the peel!
Find out the quality of your cooking oil.
Know the well being of your plants.
Analyze soil or hydroponic solutions.
Authenticate medications or supplements.
Upload and tag the spectrum of any material on Earth to our database. Even yourself !


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/903107259/scio-your-sixth-sense-a-pocket-molecular-sensor-fo



OK!!! think of everything just this one item can replace in your grow room, tell you about your plants, soil, hydro, is it dry enough to cure, what cannabinoids and at what percent... fuck ya!

 

[billy_big_bud!]

pimp

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Does it even exist yet, or are they just raising funds to put it into production? If it works as promised it will be incredible. Wonder how much they are going to charge for it?

 

[Banefoul]

they are working to get it smaller. if even as is was put out i would get it.

 

[Banefoul]

this would tell you the perfect time to harvest. ok yes i am excited. price is 300$ for items that in total cost us 1000$'s. the medical and recreational aspects are easy to see.

 

[foomar]

Looking through the FAQ it does not look to be quite as good as on first sight , relying more on comparison to a database of previous tests rather than the actual sample being tested.

Which is a shame as I always wanted a tricorder , this could end up more of a toy for twitters.

It will not indicate contaminants below 1% , which they all are.

If you scanned bud it would return the average for previously uploaded samples and not a true figure.

SCiO can only detect materials and objects that were previously uploaded to its database.

SCiO typically detects materials in concentrations of 1% or higher.

The SCiO analysis is subject to the specific application that is being used.
Some applications are designed as classification type, which means we try to match the chemical make-up of the object sample with our database. In that case, if the database does not have a good match, the result will be "unknown." While we are working hard to expand the database, we trust our SCiO users to teach us about the different materials in the world by adding values as the app is used

Other applications fall under the category of "value estimation." For example, nutritional values, plant hydration, etc. These apps use our database to evaluate the real values of the chemical make-up of the sample to be tested by using the information of previous scans in our database. As we test more and more materials, even if we don’t have the exact molecular "fingerprint", we will use our database to provide you the most accurate estimation based on reading of the specific object you hold in your hand. The fact that our database covers a large enough variety of materials ensures that you will get an accurate result.

They wont let you see the raw data , which would be the most useful thing.


It is unfortunate they have chosen the same name as a fake medical device marketed by scumbags to terminally ill patients for up to 20 000 dollars , search scion debunked.

 

[Banefoul]

cool story bro. funny i find nothing. also you scan it, and set it to read what you want. you can create your own apps for it to tell you the info you want. as it progresses that 1% will vanish. as you scan more things its personal database will grow, this is not saying you can not add in data from other spectrometer readings to have the fingerprints for ___ item on hand already. cost 300

 

[Gry]

more wonders from darpa ?

 

[foomar]

When this was spammed all over facebook to attract funding I really hoped it was going to be a decent product for once , but it seems its usefulness and capabilities have been grossly exaggerated for kickstarter funding.

Unlike the downright fraudulent Tellspec it will probably be released but with no real use beyond a clever toy , and clog the aisles of supermarkets with muppets scanning fruit.

scio
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=277297

Tellspec: amazing IR spectrometry advance or scam?
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=266325

He adds that much of the data provided for the analysis seems to come from the user, and the rest could be based on algorithmic guesswork.

For example both alcohol (ethanol) and water produce large peaks on an IR spectrum and from the video it would seem that the user provides some background data on what the sample is via the app, so that saves a lot of work. It would be easy for the algorithm to say, 'the user says this is drink and I can see that about 40 per cent of the total spectrum is ethanol so I should give a reading of alcoholic beverage with 40 per cent alcohol content'. Or 'this is a plant and 70 per cent of the spectrum is water so it must be 70 per cent hydrated'. This could also be done with total sugar content for common sugars such as sucrose and fructose," he said.

Similarly, it would be possible to get a spectrum good enough to recognise something like fruit or Tylenol and then send back generic data (easily found via Google) on calorie content or pack size. For example on the fruit 'reading' on the website it has in the bottom right (in small print) 'serving size 100 grams' (same with the cheese detection screen)."

A quick background Google on the two principal figures of Consumer Physics checks out. Co-founders Damian Goldring and Dror Sharon both have backgrounds in optical engineering, so we believe that the SCiO does exist — but not that it can necessarily be used for anything meaningful, particularly if it's using a database to provide the end user with a breakdown of information.

We also noticed that the Consumer Physics team was declining to answer some of the more detailed technical spectroscopy questions being asked by Kickstarter backers in the SCiO campaign's comment section — which would indicate that the device may only be useful for play rather than any serious application.

Dr Jones came to a similar conclusion. "There is no detailed analysis of each sample so while I think the data they give is certainly interesting it is really only for fun. I don't think you could use this in a commercial setting," he said. "I don't think this is a hoax, but it's not a scientific breakthrough either."