mui Lab to Unveil Market-Ready ‘mui Board Gen 2,’ Matter Hub That Turns Home into a Low-Carbon Family Sanctuary, at CES Unveiled 2024
Kickstarter campaign to launch tomorrow for the CES 2024 Innovation Award-winning calm interface.
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 7, 2024) — At CES® Unveiled today, mui Lab, Inc., the Kyoto-based calm technology startup, will unveil the market-ready “mui Board Gen 2,” the Matter controller that lets users create a restorative and low-carbon home environment through its intrinsically comforting natural wood interface. Built on the success of the original mui Board launched in 2019, “mui Board Gen 2” brings carbon footprint reduction into focus as a vital element of family wellness. It provides a suite of energy controls that will include demand-response support, daily home energy use analysis, automatic appliance adjustments to balance personal comfort versus carbon load (following future system updates), and the currently available thermostat and window-covering adjustments.
The 41-day Kickstarter campaign launching tomorrow, Jan. 8, will support the production of this 2024 CES Innovation Award-winning interface for anticipated December 2024 shipping.
“Home energy management should not be another digital task that distracts you from what you are doing. The mui Board Gen 2 is designed to make carbon footprint control a calmer, truly effortless — and even delightful and playful — experience for everyone,” said mui Lab CEO Kaz Oki. “Some advanced home energy management features will be immediately accessible for Gen 2 users in Japan, and we are actively seeking partnerships with U.S. utility companies to provide the same service to our global users. We hope that our Kickstarter campaign starting Jan. 8 will help rally together people who share mui’s vision of transitioning society into the era of calm technology in which ‘connected’ means humanness.”
CES 2024 EXHIBIT
UNVEILED: Sunday, Jan. 7 | 5:00-8:30 p.m. | Table #222 (behind Media Partners Room)
CES 2024: Eureka Park #60111 (Venetian Expo Hall G, 1F), Jellop booth
KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN
Jan. 8 (8 a.m. EST) – Feb. 18 (8 a.m. EST)
Goal: $10K USD | Reward: $499 per mui Board
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/muim2/mui-board-gen-2
Features & Functionalities
- CSA-certified multi-admin Matter controller; controls a range of Matter-compatible devices
- Immediate Available Home Energy Management (immediately available for users in Japan):
- Energy Window for mui Board (application co-developed by Mitsubishi Estate, Co., Ltd.)
- ECHONET Lite-compatible home energy management controllers (HEMS & SHEMS)
- Built-incontrols:Lights,thermostat,blinds/curtains
- Anticipated Home Energy Management Features (for global users): Demand response, daily energy use analysis, appliance auto-adjustments based on usage data & personal preferences
- “Touch on Wood,” a brand-new, one-touch calm scene prompt
- Handwriting & voice messaging, news, weather, music, door locks
- News Release | Dec 27, 2022mui Lab to Present ‘Calm Bedroom’ That Can Foster Family Bonds and Emotional Security @CES Unveiled & CES 2023CES
- News Release | Dec 29, 2021mui Lab to Debut Matter-Ready Platform that Turns Any Smart Devices Into ‘Calmer’ Ones at CESCES
- Others | Nov 10, 2021mui Lab was selected as the CES 2022 Innovation Award Honoree CES