MiEye – wearable light sensor

Unhealthy light behaviour can lead to poor health. MiEye provides constant monitoring of the types of light people are exposed to throughout their day.

• Investigators

  • • Dr Rowan Page
    • Elliot Wilson
    • Bronte Kerley (UX)
    • Richard Morfuni
    Monash Art, Design and Architecture

• Partner organisation

  • Circadian Health Innovations

• Funded by

  • Circadian Health Innovations

• Undertaken within

  • Design Health Collab

Unhealthy light behaviour can lead to poor health. Circadian Health Innovations (CHI) commissioned Monash University’s Design Health Collab to design an innovative technology product designed to improve sleep, mental health, and health longevity.

The Melanopic Eye, or MiEye, is a unique wearable device that employs advanced light-sensing technology and analysis methods to guide users toward healthy light patterns.

MiEye provides constant monitoring of the types of light people are exposed to throughout their day. Through mathematical models, the device understands your personal circadian rhythms and guides you towards healthy light exposures. Making the unconscious and confusing effects of light conscious.

MiEye won a prestigious Australian Good Design award in 2022. The collaboration between Monash University's Design Health Collab and CHI has yielded a mass-manufacturable design.

Images: Narelle Portanier