Lucid Dreams

[Stiganator]

Digg had an article about some college guy rigging up a little kit to flash LEDs at you. Do you think that is legit? Do you think 30 bones for a programs PIC, some LEDs and the board layout is too much? Any additional thoughts? Anyone actually lucid dreamed before?

 

[effowe]

It could be possible if you trained yourself to recognize the lights while you were sleeping. Once you have the realization that you are in fact, asleep, you can begin to control certain aspects of your dream.

Here is the contraption. Looks pretty uncomfortable.

 

[Syringer]

Do you still get the same effects that sleep provides when lucid dreaming?

 

[Eeezee]

I don't see why not

 

[dsity]

Lucid dreaming is a-mazing.

 

[Auryg]

I had a lucid dream once. Only lasted a few seconds though. Shame.

 

[tweakmm]

Actually from what I understand that's about the only way to make yourself lucid dream. If it happened to someone without the lights it was a complete accident.
With the lights you can train your brain to know it's dreaming, it's then that one can do all the crazy stuff that lucid dreaming is supposed to entail.

I've actually been meaning to pickup or build some sort of system for a while now.

 

[Auryg]

Can anyone guess how hard that thing would be to build with good soldering experience but no electrical experience (weird, I know)? I know nothing of resistors and the such.

 

[Toastedlightly]

I've had lucid dreams in the past that I could partially control. Haven't had any in awhile.

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: Auryg
Can anyone guess how hard that thing would be to build with good soldering experience but no electrical experience (weird, I know)? I know nothing of resistors and the such.

You would have to read up on how to build electrical circuits by looking at the diagram, there is plenty of information out there on how to do this. Once you understand you can just go to Radio Shack and buy the proper components and you'll be good to go, as you already know how to solder.

 

[Lash444]

Lucid dreaming is absolutely the coolest thing.

A week after my buddy explained it to me, I had a lucid dream. I awoke fairly quickly. The second one I had, I realized that I was in that state. In my dream I told my buddies that I was in a lucid dream and then floated above them. I then decided to throw fireballs across the room. After about 2 fireballs I caught myself on fire. Obviously I woke up at that point.

Its so cool to realize you are dreaming, and then do crazy things. Unfortunately, Ive had 2 lucid dreams in probably 3 years. Not exactly a wealth of oppurtunities to try different things.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: Auryg
Can anyone guess how hard that thing would be to build with good soldering experience but no electrical experience (weird, I know)? I know nothing of resistors and the such.

If you can solder the act of putting the thing together probably wouldn't be terribly hard. Understanding the schematic would be harder for me than building it.


edit: grammar

 

[Lorax]

Originally posted by: Lash444
Lucid dreaming is absolutely the coolest thing.

A week after my buddy explained it to me, I had a lucid dream. I awoke fairly quickly. The second one I had, I realized that I was in that state. In my dream I told my buddies that I was in a lucid dream and then floated above them. I then decided to throw fireballs across the room. After about 2 fireballs I caught myself on fire. Obviously I woke up at that point.

Its so cool to realize you are dreaming, and then do crazy things. Unfortunately, Ive had 2 lucid dreams in probably 3 years. Not exactly a wealth of oppurtunities to try different things.

so... you pwned yourself in a dream?

 

[Lash444]

Originally posted by: hungfarover

Originally posted by: Auryg
Can anyone guess how hard that thing would be to build with good soldering experience but no electrical experience (weird, I know)? I know nothing of resistors and the such.

If you can solder the act of putting the thing together probably wouldn't be terribly hard. Understanding the schematic would be harder for me than building it.


edit: grammar

The trick will be to pick up the rapid eye movements that are obviously present during REM sleep. That is when the LCD's flash, and when you are in the state that dreams would occur.

 

[Lash444]

Originally posted by: Lorax

Originally posted by: Lash444
Lucid dreaming is absolutely the coolest thing.

A week after my buddy explained it to me, I had a lucid dream. I awoke fairly quickly. The second one I had, I realized that I was in that state. In my dream I told my buddies that I was in a lucid dream and then floated above them. I then decided to throw fireballs across the room. After about 2 fireballs I caught myself on fire. Obviously I woke up at that point.

Its so cool to realize you are dreaming, and then do crazy things. Unfortunately, Ive had 2 lucid dreams in probably 3 years. Not exactly a wealth of oppurtunities to try different things.

so... you pwned yourself in a dream?

Indeed, I did. The first 1 or 2 fireballs went off without a hitch. After that I remember thinking, "What if I caught myself on fire?". Then the thing exploded in my hand. The levitation thing was cool enough, but I would never have thought that I could shoot a fireball from my hand. I would gladly pay 1k dollars if that device worked even half the time.

 

[Spooner]

im still waiting for these amazing virtual reality machines

 

[SVT Cobra]

Since when do you need a machine to lucid dream?

I am able to do it all the time (usually only for a few seconds though) by falling alseep in an uncomfortable position, so I fall asleep but am conscious enough to know it is a dream. It kind of feels like you are half awake. And, then I control what I want to dream about for a bit, usually whatever I was concentrating on really hard before I fell asleep.

On another note, Delta Force Snipers have been taught to control their sleep so that the mind tells it's body it is asleep, yet they are awake mentally and completely alert. The few reports on this indicated that not everyone could do it except for a select few that were choosen to be SFOD-D snipers and had to undergo weeks of treatment under a pyschcologist to be able to do it.

 

[eits]

i used to lucid dream whenever i was a kid... all the time. i had nightmares and my mom told me that whenever i had bad dreams, just imagine he-man coming in and beating up the bad guys. it worked and i didn't have nearly as many nightmares as i had before.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I don't see why not

It seems like you are actually using your brain while lucid dreaming..rather than letting it rest.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
On another note, Delta Force Snipers have been taught to control their sleep so that the mind tells it's body it is asleep, yet they are awake mentally and completely alert. The few reports on this indicated that not everyone could do it except for a select few that were choosen to be SFOD-D snipers and had to undergo weeks of treatment under a pyschcologist to be able to do it.

Link to this?

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
On another note, Delta Force Snipers have been taught to control their sleep so that the mind tells it's body it is asleep, yet they are awake mentally and completely alert. The few reports on this indicated that not everyone could do it except for a select few that were choosen to be SFOD-D snipers and had to undergo weeks of treatment under a pyschcologist to be able to do it.

Link to this?

No link. It was Inside Delta Force by Eric L Haney and Delta Force by Charles Beckwith, by a delta operator and the unit's creator/first commander respectively.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra

Originally posted by: HotChic

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
On another note, Delta Force Snipers have been taught to control their sleep so that the mind tells it's body it is asleep, yet they are awake mentally and completely alert. The few reports on this indicated that not everyone could do it except for a select few that were choosen to be SFOD-D snipers and had to undergo weeks of treatment under a pyschcologist to be able to do it.

Link to this?

No link. It was Inside Delta Force by Eric L Haney and Delta Force by Charles Beckwith, by a delta operator and the unit's creator/first commander respectively.

That would be awesome for later on in life. Be the bum on the bench who never sleeps!

 

[Quasmo]

If I had that device, the only dreams I would have would be wet.