Dream mask helps REM sleepers control their dreams
1,778 views · Published 21 May 2012 · 0:37 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · Science & Technology
A pair of New York developers has manufactured a sleeping mask they say helps users control the content of their dreams. The mask contains six programmable LED lights that are too faint to wake the sleeping but strong enough to be registered by the brain. As the user enters REM sleep — the stage when dreaming occurs — the LED lights blink in a sequence. Users see these blinking lights as they dream. The visual cue is meant to indicate to the sleepers they are in fact dreaming. The developers say this awareness of the dream allows sleepers to control the dream's content. Source: Bitbanger Labs.
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