Iridescent Sensors
Champaign, IL
About Iridescent Sensors Inc. Iridescent Sensors Inc. is commercializing the handheld "optoelectronic nose" with applications in toxic gas detection, air quality control, and food and beverage quality control. This is a new class of chemical sensing: essentially a digital, multidimensional extension of litmus paper. We make inexpensive, disposable colorimetric sensor arrays that are read by our handheld optical analyzer using machine learning algorithms to identify gases and odors from a pre-determined pattern library of analytes. Our beachhead mission is to protect first responders and save lives from chemical spills and industrial fires by rapidly detecting toxic chemicals. We are a newly formed start-up company located in the UIUC Research Park in Champaign, IL. We are well funded by a Phase 2 three-year contract from the NSF Convergence Accelerator program. Iridescent Sensors is establishing a deep technical organization with leadership that combines expertise in the...
