--- title: 'The Future of mmWave with TI' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=_sYYRPLDdIM' video_id: '_sYYRPLDdIM' date: 2026-08-06 duration_sec: 147 --- # The Future of mmWave with TI > Source: [The Future of mmWave with TI](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_sYYRPLDdIM) ## Summary This video, filmed at CES, showcases Texas Instruments' millimeter wave (mmWave) sensors, highlighting their capabilities in detecting subtle movements, vital signs, and gestures while preserving privacy. The presenter demonstrates how these pre-certified modules are easy to integrate into products and discusses the technology's advantages over cameras. ### Key Points - **mmWave sensors detect subtle movements** [00:01] — Millimeter wave sensors can detect the slightest movements like a deep breath, previously seen in smart home applications. - **TI simplifies radar integration** [00:16] — Texas Instruments provides pre-certified modules, eliminating the need for RF expertise or FCC certification, making it easy for companies to integrate radar into products. - **Compact form factor** [00:30] — The necessary green part of the module is small enough to fit in the bezels of small TVs, thermostats, or light switches. - **Configurable transmitters and receivers** [00:43] — Sensors can have different numbers of transmitters and receivers (e.g., 2TX/3RX for mid-to-low end, up to 4TX/4RX), affecting the dimensions measured and resolution. - **Improved angular resolution** [00:57] — More antennas allow finer angular resolution, distinguishing between people sitting close together, like on a couch. - **Privacy-preserving and hidden** [01:09] — Radar can be placed behind plastic, without a special lens, and hidden behind thermostats or light switches, detecting presence without identifying individuals or invading privacy. - **Fall detection and data visualization** [01:33] — The sensor visualizes data points as dots, enabling fall detection for elderly monitoring and alerts. - **AI-enabled vital sign and gesture recognition** [01:46] — AI enables accurate vital sign detection (heart rate, breath rate), gesture recognition, and touchless interaction. - **TI's involvement in future tech** [02:12] — Texas Instruments designs and implements mmWave sensors, with more information available at ti.com/ces. ### Conclusion Texas Instruments' mmWave sensors offer a privacy-preserving, easy-to-integrate solution for presence detection, vital sign monitoring, and gesture recognition, positioning TI as a key player in shaping future smart environments. ## Transcript this video here at CES. And do you want to see the future? Well, it starts at check this out. Like millimeter wave sensors, they can detect the slightest movements like a deep breath. We've seen these before in the smart home. And Texas Instruments makes these, and they make it extremely easy for companies and Traditionally, people think of radar as you may need some RF expertise. You may People would need some kind of FCC certification or whatnot. And we've pre-certified module. If you look at this, really only the green part is necessary to put in a product. It can fit in bezels of small TVs. It can fit >> And one thing I found really interesting that I was learning about here at the sensors can have a different number of transmitters and receivers, and it can >> We call it like a two transmit, three receive is what we call kind of our mid to low end. As you go further up, you can have three key, four R or four T, dimensions you can measure and also more resolution. When people are standing very close to each other, sometimes radar can confuse that as one person. If you have more antenna, you're able to see more fine angular resolution. It can sitting on a couch instead of one. And the beauty of this compared to other technologies out there like camera, which still has a place, the radar you can put it behind plastic. You don't need a special lens always. You can hide it behind your thermostats or light switches, and it can subtly detect without identifying or invading privacy in a home. You can get the information many people are out there. >> And what I found fascinating here at the booth was being able to see how a millimeter wave sensor visualizes data points. So, you see all these little dots, and it can tell if someone has fallen over. So, if you're monitoring an elderly person, you'd be alerted about to detect if someone's sitting down at a >> And AI can also enable new use cases in accurate vital sign detection, heart rate monitoring, breath rate monitoring, and also gesture recognition. So, we're able to kind of do some futuristic waving of a hand to to move that and able to tell us stuff very tactile. You don't need to touch anything. You don't need to be close to it for it to recognize these scenarios. >> It's been interesting to hear how Texas Instruments designs and implements millimeter wave sensors here. To learn more, go to ti.com/ces. You'll be surprised at how much Texas Instruments is involved in shaping our future.