Scout3: chemical fingerprinting instrument
3-clicks to check the chemical fingerprint vs. a reference.
Molecule separation in out-of-lab use cases.
Powerful hardware combining a gas chromatograph with an array of photoionization detectors and signal interpretation algorithms.
Which molecule should we detect?
We discover and suggest solutions based on client needs, including:
GC-MS & GC-FID
powerful ai software
Multi-sensor data is processed using AI algorithms solving for the ultimate client needs: material chemical composition control; smell profiling; contaminant detection.
Why?
We started in 2019 in London with a goal to digitise the human sense of smell. The way we perceive molecules around is an incredibly advanced human ability which still remains off-limits for instruments and algorithms. We as humans can detect dangerous gases, contaminated food and chemical hazards at absolutely tiny quantities, which remains hard to achieve even with the most advanced lab detection equipment.
But on the flipside there are cases when human lives, product waste and CO2 emissions could be saved if we had an ability to detect molecules digitally - and ideally outside of the lab:
Benzene poisoning can be deadly
Phtalate contamination in our water has been shown to cause cancer
PFAS compounds leak from food containers and cosmetics into our blood and stay there forever
Counterfeit foods cost $10bn+ a year, lead to consumer dissatisfaction and in the worst cases to consumer harm
To enable seamless digital detection of chemical compounds for the modern world, we need better instruments and sensors, better and bigger datasets and better algorithms.
Our mission as a company today is to build and combine smart devices with world-class AI algorithms to enable instant insights into the chemical composition of products, ingredients and materials around us, ultimately bridging the gap between how our brain perceives molecular traces and how machines detect them.
If we succeed, the world will be a safer place where food contamination can be instantly checked, identification of dangerous molecules in the air and water screened on the go and manufacturing proceses optimised to cut out waste and unnecessary CO2 emissions.