Dreams become fantasies when they show you what you want, but they turn into nightmares when you find yourself trapped in an alternate world that brings your worst fears to life. The bliss or terror is real while you’re sleeping, but chances are you won’t even remember what you were dreaming about five minutes after you wake up.
Seeking to help you record your dreams is SHADOW (yes, all caps!) The app prompts you to note down details of your dream the moment you wake up while you can still remember bits and pieces of it. The app’s other goal is to build a dream database from dreamers all over the world.
SHADOW’s alarm wakes you gradually instead of jerking you awake. You will then be asked to record your dream either by text or by voice. These are stored in a digital dream journal that monitors your sleep and dream patterns, and you can either choose to keep these entries private or share them with the rest of the world. Hunter Lee Soik, one of SHADOW’s designers.
Hunter Lee Soik, one of SHADOW’s creators, explains: “There’s a lot going on in the subconscious mind that if you can start to pull out little details, you start to get a wider picture of yourself. We’re socialized to think of sleep as inactivity, but certain parts of our brain–the parts that handle things like problem solving and memory–are most active while we’re sleeping. That’s a huge amount of potential data we’re forgetting each morning.”
SHADOW is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $8 will make you a “card-carrying” member of the community.
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I’ve had my fair share of lucid dreams, although most of these turned out to be some pretty bad nightmares where I was running for my life. Most people I know, however, haven’t experienced many lucid dreams. Now there’s a new device that claims to help you experience more lucid dreams, the Remee.
Created by Bitbanger Labs, Remee looks like a sleep mask with LED lights embedded in the side facing your eyes. Basically, six red lights will strobe, sweep and blink at customizeable intervals to stimulate your visual field, improving REM sleep and increasing the chances of lucid dreaming, so you can control your own dreams.
Remee is available in various designs, from plain ones to masks with patterns and colorful images. The project is raising funds on Kickstarter through May 18th. A pledge of $80(USD) or more will get you a standard Remee mask, while $100 will get you one of the interstellar prints shown above. The project has already reached its funding goal, so they’re definitely going to be produced.