The Mui Pad will support mmWave sleep tracking and gesture control

The Mui Pad, as far as smart home controllers go, is soothing and nondescript. There’s no bright, high-resolution screen, or even anything obvious technological. It is a smooth piece of wood that gently glows when you interact with it. So it makes sense that Mui Lab suggests it as an excellent choice for the bedroom. And if you want to hang this weird connected bar near your bed, it might be nice if it could also track your sleep.

The company’s new Mui Calm Sleep platform for the Mui Board Gen 2 will work with millimeter wave sensors to track your sleep status without having to attach a smartwatch, headband, or even a ring. Instead, it will sense changes in your posture and breathing using radar. This technology is supposed to be nearly as accurate as a wearable EEG device, but there haven’t been many commercial products using it yet, and the jury is still out on its accuracy. While the Mui Pad will initially rely on external sensors, the company is also showing off a modified version at CES with built-in sensors.

Instead of making sleep a sort of numbers-based competition (which, if you’re like me, will only result in losing more Sleeping Worrying about sleep you’re not already getting), the Mui Calm Sleep Platform will quietly adjust the lighting without shoving scales in your face. He will also lead you through a pre-bed stretching routine to help you relax at bedtime. It should be able to detect when you’re tired and stressed based on your voice and try to convince you to get some extra rest.

As a bonus, additional mmWave sensors will enable the Mui Board Gen 2 to be controlled using gestures from across the room. So, maybe you can simply wave the alarm away. Support for mmWave sleep tracking and gesture control will be rolled out later this year, though there’s no word yet on when exactly.