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The experiment involved participants utilizing specialized equipment including sensors and earbuds. On September 24, one participant sleeping at home induced lucid dreaming, a state in which you are aware that you are dreaming. It is apparently a trainable skill, although I have only ever personally experienced it a handful of times throughout my life.
On the night of the 24th when the REMspace participant entered this state, the connected hardware they were wearing pinged a remote server that generated a random Remmyo word (Remmyo is a type of dream language that is detectable using sensors). The word was sent to the earbuds the person was wearing, and they repeated it in their dream.
The dreamer's response – the Remmyo word – was then captured and stored on the server. Eight minutes later, another participant entered a lucid dream and received the stored message from the first user. When she woke, she confirmed the word – successfully demonstrating the first-ever "chat" exchange between two dreaming participants.
REMspace said two other participants were also able to communicate with its server while dreaming.
The startup's founder and CEO, Michael Raduga, said communicating in dreams seemed like science fiction yesterday. "Tomorrow, it will be so common we won't be able to imagine our lives without this technology," the executive added.
Raduga said the capability opens the door to countless commercial applications, but stopped short of giving any specific examples. "We believe that REM sleep and related phenomena, like lucid dreams, will become the next big industry after AI," he noted.
While no doubt fascinating, it is also a bit frightening. The idea of commercializing dreams sounds ripe for misuse and if we're being force-fed content even while we are sleeping, when will we ever be able to truly unplug and get any actual rest?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 22, @08:54PM (2 children)
Tell that to my son: my wife and i rarely get enough sleep.
I used to sleep til 6:30 am, but the clock was waking me up while dreaming. I read that waking up earlier or later might help, so i started getting up at 6am (when working, getting up at 7am is too late). It worked for a while, but then it started again.
My son sometimes is awake until 2-3am, even if we get him up at 6-7am.
He is a challenge, and my wife and i always laugh (sardonically with a "You gotta laugh or you'll cry" attitude) when we hear that a good nights sleep is important for your health.
It probably is, but we RARELY see one.
But HEY!, what doesn't kill you only makes you tired until it kills you, lol.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by corey on Wednesday October 23, @10:34AM (1 child)
How old is your son? I assume not a toddler. Sounds difficult, but at least you sound like you have a good attitude about it. I’ve told myself on multiple occasions regarding the craziness of having young kids, is that it won’t last forever. They grow up eventually.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday October 23, @08:55PM
He's 24 and SEVERELY autistic.
He can't be left on his own: he has gone outside naked and we worry he might wander off.
When he was about 5 years old, he went through a 2 month period of getting 3 hours sleep per night (6-7 days in a row, then one night of 6 hours, then rinse and repeat). For 2 solid months.
If my wife was exhausted, i'd sleep on the floor of his bedroom in front of the door so if he tried to get out he'd have to bang the door into my head and step on me, which was quite effective in waking me, lol.
Occasionally he will do it again for a few days, but luckily not that long *touch wood-- and stop the dirty thoughts, lol*
He'll probably be living with us until we just get too old, then will probably be going to my daughter and son-in-laws (we're going to put him on a wait list for a group home, but that can be a hit or miss as for quality care).
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---