Silverside Detectors Inc.

SBIR Phase I: Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing for Soil Water Measurements at Irrigation Decision Resolution

Operating in tech for sustainable environment based in WALTHAM, MA, Silverside Detectors Inc. was founded in 2013.

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The broader impact/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is a touchless, crop agnostic, automatic, always on, non-drifting, and cost-effective way of measuring soil moisture in large fields with data specific to each irrigation zone. The goal is to enable irrigators in water-scarce environments to maximize yields given the water available, and to mitigate the impacts of drought and aquifer reduction by enabling irrigators to calibrate their systems to the precise needs of the plants. The impact of this system is to maximize productivity of irrigation water, reducing waste and costs for crop growers and other irrigators. The commercialization of this product will provide the data needed for precision irrigation to respond to daily ground water needs, broadly reducing water consumption in agriculture and other markets. This technology translates a known methodology for soil moisture monitoring used by researchers and academics into a tool that delivers actionable data to end users that steward the world’s water resources.


The goal of the proposed research and development is to verify that data from an arrayed set of smaller Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing (CRNS) systems, ingested into an interpolation algorithm, can provide a soil moisture heat map with resolution at the level of each irrigation point for water measurements in the f

The company sits in the tech for sustainable environment segment, where it competes on its core product or service.

Its base of operations is WALTHAM, MA.

It is recorded at the SBIR Phase I stage.

Recorded headcount: 11-50 employees.

Public records show total funding of about $256K.

Website: sside.co