Lightsense Technology’s infrared sensors might one day monitor your health

Lightsense Technology, a company that makes infrared and photo-acoustic sensors, is raising a seed round of up to $2 million, with the possibility of using crowdfunding.
“We’re sitting on a rocket ship, we’re going to be a big company,” said chairman Gordon Davidson.
With the rise of wearable technology, “practically, everything is going to be measured at very precise levels,” he added. “The information gleaned from all of these measurements will be used to make money.”
The company’s sensors will measure air pollutants, energy consumption or personal health.
From its website:

Lightsense has developed a revolutionary new generation of infrared gas sensors that are highly accurate, have long-term stability and require low power so that they can work on energy harvesting. This technology platform can be used to make a variety of sensors for energy-conserving smart buildings, methane greenhouse gas emission detection, and monitoring air pollution.

Launched in November 2014, it currently has a full-time staff of seven based in 1776 and Tucson, Ariz., where the technology development team works.
The company is banking on its chip — the light source for the infrared sensors — to stamp out the competition. “Our chips are the best in the world,” said Davidson. Lightsense is already generating revenue and courting the federal government as a customer, according to Davidson.
Davidson worked at the EPA in the early ’90s as the first Director of the Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement.