12 April 2012

Volunteers needed to test dream-controlling app


Found on gizmag April 10, 2012: "In what is being touted as “the world's largest dream experiment,” a psychologist from Britain’s University of Hertfordshire is inviting volunteers to try using an iPhone app to control their dreams. Prof. Richard Wiseman teamed up with the developers at software company YUZA to create Dream:ON, an app that plays soundscapes while its user sleeps, intended to shape what sort of dreams they have. The project comes in response to a UK survey conducted by Wiseman, in which 15% of respondents claimed that they frequently suffered from unpleasant dreams. - To use Dream:ON, people start by indicating the time at which they would like to wake up. Next, they select an alarm tone, followed by...read on."


Sweet dreams !