Wearables have been a long running attendee at CES, and while they’ve rarely intersected with the CI crowd, that reality may be changing, as at CES 2024, Ultrahuman, a company primarily focused on wearables, introduced its own home monitor designed exclusively with advancing human health and wellness in the home.

Being called, Ultrahuman Home, the new device tackles a segment previously only touched upon by the likes of Delos and RePure, and while this mostly acts as a home monitor as opposed to a comprehensive control system, it helps keep track of nearly everything that goes into cultivating a healthy home environment.

Ultrahuman Home measures artificial light exposure, air quality, humidity, noise detection and even sleep disturbances. This is made possible through a plethora of sensors that track UV levels, blue light levels, particulate matter, humidity, ultra-sensitive microphones (that can be toggled on and off), smoke levels and temperature throughout the home.

The goal, according to Ultrahuman, is to bridge the gap between wearables and the home environment to create a solid connection and understanding between the places where people live and their own personal health, tracking common markers like those for indoor air quality alongside less commonly tracked—though just as important—parameters such as artificial light exposure for circadian health.

Unfortunately, for CE pros interested in health and wellness systems, Ultrahuman Home falls slightly short of creating a bridge between wearable users and smart home systems. As it stands, Ultrahuman Home exists solely as a monitoring platform, with the information being gathered and displayed for the homeowner’s awareness more than anything else.

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While not necessarily a death knell as for its usefulness, as many homeowners still desire home monitors to better understand their home environments at that base level, it does limit its applications somewhat. Also, while it is not explicitly stated, it can be assumed that the main wearable integrations the Ultrahuman Home will have upon launch is with other Ultrahuman wearables such as the yet-to-be-released M1 and Ring AIR, though it will supposedly have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

As a strict environmental monitor, however, the Ultrahuman Home does offer a unique combination of health markers through light, noise and air quality measurements that could be an interesting proposition to clients.

‍According to the company, the Ultrahuman Home will be available for purchase on Kickstarter at the end of January 2024 for USD $349, with shipping starting in July, so perhaps integrators will want to keep an eye on this one.

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