User:Emily/Thematic Project/Trimester 03/08

items of my dreaming machine category

1. The World Inside a pillow（玉枕from枕中计）

characters: blue, porcelain pillow; opening on each end;

narrative it brings/effects on people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Inside_a_Pillow

2. （庄周梦蝶）is it a machine? or i can turn it to a machine

3. biofeedback/EEG machine, nicknamed the Augmentor from The Lathe of Heaven

4. dream machine/lucid dream masks

What is Lucid Dreaming? Lucid Dreaming is when you are sleeping and dreaming and that you are aware that your are asleep and that you are dreaming, yet you don't wake up. This can be great, giving you full control of your dreams, jumping off of buildings, going into space, whatever your mind can create.

The Lucid Dream Machine is a pair of glasses that you wear while you are sleeping. About 4 hours into your sleep the AVR microcontroller pulse LEDs that shine through your eyelids. This half wakes you up. The flashing lights helps you become aware (in your sleep) that your are sleeping and dreaming, in doing so you become more likely to be able to control your dreams.

Drugs affecting dreaming

Correlations between the usage of drugs and dreaming have been documented, particularly the use of drugs, such as sedatives, and the suppression of dreaming because of drugging effects on the cycles and stages of sleep while not allowing the user to reach REM. Drugs used for their stimulating properties (cocaine, methamphetamine, and ecstasy) have shown to also decrease the restorative properties of REM sleep and its duration.

about dreams

Machine are loaded with dreams

dreams were direct messages from one and/or multiple deities, from deceased persons, and that they predicted the future.