High-tech headband gives you control over your dreams
Really? This sounds interesting =)
New technology that allows you to become a lucid dreamer is reminiscent of the sci-fi movie ‘Inception
Imagine being able to control your dreams while dreaming them. You could engineer the laws of physics in your imaginary world, give the monsters in your nightmares a makeover, or live out any of your wildest fantasies.
Now a new high-tech headband promises to make all of this possible, according to Fox News. Called the Aurora Dream-Enhancing Headband, the device has been fully funded on Kickstarter.
The device works by first measuring brain waves and eye movements to determine when its wearer is experiencing REM sleep, the state most associated with dreaming. Once it determines that REM sleep is underway, the headband begins to emit a series of subtle lights that are meant to signal to the sleeper that he is dreaming. These lights are thought to infiltrate the dream state, like a lighthouse telling the user that a dream is underway.
"The easiest way ,to induce a state of lucid dreaming, is to have what we call a reality check," said Aurora headband co-founder Daniel Schoonover. "You need something that makes you question the reality you are in."
Lucid dreaming is what scientists call the experience of being aware that you are dreaming. It is a rare event, but lucid dreamers claim to be able to gain "Matrix"-like control over their dreams.
More about this:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iwinks/the-aurora-dream-enhancing-headband
Story via Mother Nature Network
Image via kickstarter
Interesting. I try to remember to look at my right hand when dreaming. If that happens, then lucid dreaming can commence. It's only happened a few times, though... a high tech version of the right hand, so to speak.
ReplyDeleteGoogle will aquire this and insert advertising :))
ReplyDeleteDan Boabes lol! good reason to stick with the right hand.
ReplyDeleteI can remember having one lucid dream. I was standing in front of the house where I grew up when a jumbo jet flew by just above the tree tops. When it was behind the house I started jumping to see if I could see it and suddenly I thought to myself "What am I doing? I'm dreaming I could just fly!" It was pretty amazing but it lasted just a few seconds before all I could see was the inside of my eyelids. Never been so disappointed to wake up :)
ReplyDeleteThe woman in the picture looks like she's being mind controlled...
ReplyDeleteMaybe I can intervene on that recurring dream where I fail high school...I hate that one!
ReplyDeleteNow, when I start to fly in my dreams, I will fly though the whole dream.
ReplyDeleteSam Loera I think the headband will make your flight more realistic: you will start feeling the jetlag
ReplyDeleteTrey Pitsenberger absolutely right. I decided to, whenever i remembered during wakefulness, to write an A on my hand with my finger - a couple weeks later, i wrote an A on my hand in a dream and i awoke within my dream.
ReplyDeleteMany people believe lucid dreaming is unreal, but it is completely valid. Control, in my experience, is exaggerated. Still, to watch/participate wakefully is awesome.
And, it is a repeatable experience - it should be taught.
I wonder.... do we lose something in the transition of being unaware we are dreaming towards awareness?
ReplyDeleteThere are some dreams I have had that I am more than happy to have been a passive observer of, in a sense.