Wake Up and Wind Down: A Low-Cost Smart Light Demo
Light does more than illuminate — its spectral composition regulates your circadian clock, influencing sleep, alertness, and long-term health. Yet consumer "color temperature" labels oversimplify this biology. RIT's Munsell Color Science Laboratory researches these effects using multi-channel LED systems that independently control visual and non-visual biological pathways. Our exhibit asks: can affordable smart home hardware achieve similar evidence-based lighting schedules? Touch interactive lights, watch live spectral measurements revealing what product labels hide, and experience automated daylight-to-evening transitions designed around circadian science.
Topics
Exhibitor
Charles Yu
Caterina Zhang
Advisor(s)
Tomas Páez, Assistant Director, International Student Services; Juilee Decker, Professor, College of Liberal Arts; James Ferwerda, Associate Professor, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science; Michael Murdoch, Associate Professor, Chester F. Carlson
Organization
Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)
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