MIT researchers figured out how to track sleeping positions without cameras or sensors

[Chris Smith]

• Sleep trackers analyze a variety of data to score the quality of one’s sleep, but they can’t easily measure one's sleeping position.
• Sleep position may be critical in some illnesses, and monitoring may require cameras and sensors that a person would have to wear when going to bed.
• MIT researchers have created a wall-mounted device that bounces radio waves off of a person’s body, and an algorithm can then turn that data into information about the sleeper’s position in bed.

Sleeping is one of the most important things we do all day, but we’re often doing it wrong. And sleep habits can impact one’s overall health, not just the next day. Thankfully, tech companies have figured out all sorts of ways of tracking sleep quality to improve sleep, using various technologies that are readily available. Sensors in phones, smartwatches, and fitness trackers can pick up movement and noises, and also measure things like heart rate and temperature. Metadata from other health apps and information about the time you went to sleep and the time you wake up is then paired with data from sensors, and an algorithm can then explain how well you’ve slept. In theory, this could all lead to better, healthier sleeping patterns and a healthier life.

It turns out that it’s not just your sleeping habits that might affect the quality of sleep, but also the position in which you sleep. But keeping track of sleep position might be more challenging. It can involve cameras and body sensors, which can be either too intrusive or annoying. That’s where an MIT innovation comes in, as researchers have figured out how to bounce radio waves off of your body to determine your sleeping positions.

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