Description: Sencilia is an early-stage, investor-backed, deep-tech startup company based in the Netherlands. We develop nature-inspired sensing solutions
Sencilia is an early-stage, investor-backed, deep-tech startup company based in the Netherlands. We develop nature-inspired sensing solutions using innovative fabrication methods to solve critical problems in industries such as healthcare, underwater robotics, microfluidics, water and energy (oil and gas, hydrogen).
The blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) displays a remarkable navigation ability in spite of its lack of vision that is attributed to the lateral line organ on its skin.
The lateral line consists of a linear array of slender ‘neuromasts’ that bend in response to the tiniest of flow disturbances in the fish’s surroundings and allow the blind cavefish to map its hydrodynamic surroundings. Inspired by this concept that is optimized over millions of years of evolution, Sencilia develops MEMS flow sensors that are miniaturized and sensitive to very low flow rates, thus mimicking the fish neuromast design and functionality.