The drive to experiment with consciousness is inherent to the human condition. My name is Jennifer Dumpert and I teach and give workshops about dreams as a form of consciousness exploration. Joel Murphy and I are putting some thought and effort into designing a hood or hat that’s comfortable enough to sleep in and that helps the sleeper work with dreams. It’s designed for everyone, from experienced oneironauts to people just learning to recall their dreams.
There are five stages of sleep: hypnagogia, Stage 2, stage 3/4 or deep sleep, REM, and hypnopompia. Of all those, stage 2 is the only sleep stage in which we humans don’t (for the most part) dream. Different kinds of dreams occur in each of the other four phases, and different people have their most powerful dreams during different phases.
We’re looking for anyone who’s interested in contributing time, thought, or effort to this project. Do you know about sleep stages? Do you know about different types of dreams? Is there something you’d particularly want out of a dream hood like this? Do you have any particular skill or interest that you think is relevant? Do you want to open a conversation?
This is the very beginning of the process. Right now we’re conceptualizing. Come out and play! It’s going to be really interesting. We hope to hear from you.
Very interesting!!!
I would like to join the discussion and possible developments, since I consider to move from BCI to sleep studies from wellbeing and creativity boosting points of view.
Count me in as pretty much lurker for now, thoughts are about all I can contribute though…
Background:
~1990, I bought and used the original Dreamlight (not NOVA) from Luicidy.com (not currently in use in attic)… It worked to induce LD but required a LOT of effort on my part to constantly “reality check”… and not having the LED flash get incorporated into the dream itself while remaining asleep.
I currently sleep comfortably with both a Zeo Desktop Sleep Monitor and a Melon Headband (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806146824/melon-a-headband-and-mobile-app-to-measure-your-fo/description … *I* have no problem with either of these attachments during sleep, but then with a cpap pillow as well, I am always loaded for bear each night. Currently the Melon headband has no app for sleep data collecting analysis and no one has used their SDK to make one.
For the last 2 months I have simultaneously collected data on a ResMed S+ and Zeo desktop. The Zeo data is readily obtained by woodinblack’s viewer. The S+ data is not as easily accessible from (mysplus.com) at this time. What correlations I can easily copy/paste to Excel are being matched as I find the time to correlate the 2 devices.
I look forward to what the BCI group can do for sleep studies and or lucid dream induction methods during REM periods. It would be great if they could incorporate some type of EOG sensor as well to the new “headband” design.
I’ve been periodically checking in on this iWinks / Aurora device. Started as a Kickstarter TWO years ago. Judging from the comments on this page, they are making slow progress but many customers are frustrated at the overdue delivery.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iwinks/the-aurora-dream-enhancing-headband/comments
Their main website, https://iwinks.org/aurora
If I can conclude anything from Stephen LaBerge’s efforts and this iWinks, this is a really hard area of tech to succeed at. I actually used Stephen’s precursor to the NovaDreamer in the early 90’s. I just remember the sleepless nights getting tangled in the wires between the headset and base unit. 🙂
William
Here’s a great video recording from the December Consciousness Hacking panel on Dream Tech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8aIeOYJyE
Panelists are:
Jennifer Dumpert (oneirofer) writes and lectures internationally on dream tech. http://www.urbandreamscape.com/
Jay Mutzafi is the host of the Lucid Dreaming Podcast, and building an advanced lucid dream tech using brain stimulation. http://www.lucidsage.com/
Kelly Bulkeley, Ph.D. is a former President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and a Senior Editor of the APA journal Dreaming, he has written and edited numerous books on dream research. http://kellybulkeley.org/