Mui Board Adds mmWave Sleep Tracking & Gesture Control
ā¼ Summary
– The Mui Board is a minimalist, wood-paneled smart home controller designed to be unobtrusive, making it suitable for bedroom use.
– Its new Mui Calm Sleep Platform uses millimeter-wave radar sensors to track sleep by monitoring posture and breathing without requiring wearables.
– While claimed to be nearly as accurate as wearable EEG devices, the radar technology’s accuracy in commercial products is still unproven.
– The platform focuses on improving sleep by quietly adjusting lighting and guiding presleep routines, avoiding overt performance metrics.
– Future updates will add gesture control via mmWave sensors, allowing users to interact with the device from across the room.
Imagine a smart home controller that blends so seamlessly into your bedroom it looks like a simple piece of wood. This is the Mui Board, a device designed for subtlety over flashy screens. Its latest evolution aims to transform it into a comprehensive sleep platform, moving beyond simple control to become an unobtrusive wellness companion right by your bed.
The newly announced Mui Calm Sleep Platform for the second-generation Mui Board introduces a novel approach to sleep monitoring. It utilizes millimeter-wave radar sensors to track your sleep stages. This technology senses subtle changes in your posture and breathing patterns from a distance, eliminating the need for wearables like smartwatches or rings. While the company claims accuracy rivaling medical-grade EEG wearables, this remains a new frontier for consumer products, and independent verification of its precision is still pending. Initially, the system will work with separate third-party sensors, but Mui Lab is already demonstrating an integrated version at CES with the radar built directly into the board.
The platformās philosophy focuses on gentle support rather than data overload. Instead of presenting stressful sleep scores, it uses its insights to create a better environment. The system can automatically adjust lighting as you wind down or wake up. It also offers guided pre-sleep stretching routines to help ease the transition to rest. An intriguing proposed feature involves analyzing vocal tones to detect signs of fatigue or stress, potentially prompting you to consider an earlier bedtime.
Beyond sleep, the integrated mmWave technology unlocks another convenient feature: contactless gesture control. With the appropriate sensors, you could perform simple actions like dismissing an alarm with a wave of your hand from across the room. This functionality, along with the sleep tracking capabilities, is scheduled for release later this year, though a specific launch date has not yet been provided.
(Source: The Verge)
