how to make a dream machine | World of Lucid Dreaming Forum

Edue98on Feb 2, 2012, 04:34 AM

#1

i just found out about this video and i wish could tell me if it would work. http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-lucid-dream-machine/

MrFluxon Feb 16, 2012, 10:50 PM

#2

That will work to flash lights in your eyes. I do not know the theory behind the idea that it will keep you partially awake and therefore aid in lucid dreaming. Who knows different things work for different people. If you are technically competent it is a simple thing to make.

The flashing light will have the effect of photic brainwave entrainment. However he does not mention or seem to be concerned about the frequency. Again I question his initial theory and put forth photic brainwave entrainment as an important factor here.

I would suggest adding a circuit to control the frequency. It would be pretty simple, just do a frequency divider off a 555 chip or something like that. You can probably find a circuit design on the net or in a textbook.

aamorimon Feb 29, 2012, 06:19 PM

#3

Thanks for the post Mr Flux ..

Another alternative is play with arduino ( open source hardware/software ). It cost arround $12. BTW, Arduino microcontroller (the chip inside the board ) is even better than REM-Dreamer microcontroller. I've made a prototype with it to detect the REM basicly I used an PIR Sensor as INPUT and as OUTPUT I've got to Led's witch I managed to attach it to swimming goggles ...

The source code I wrote goes below but it's very basic code.. Now I coding another code that send my REM pattern to a host and generate a graph ... If you want to get info and thousands of ideas what you can do with this litter one ... visit: http://www.arduino.cc/

/* Open REM-Detector project v.0.1 Copyright (c) <2012> <Andre Amorim, at

[email protected]

/* */ > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */

int ledPin = 7; // choose the pin for the LED int inputPin = 2; // choose the input pin (for PIR sensor) int pirState = LOW; // we start, assuming no motion detected int val = 0; // variable for reading the pin status int pinSpeaker = 10; // Set up a speaker on a PWM pin (digital 10)

void setup() { pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // declare LED as output pinMode(inputPin, INPUT); // declare sensor as input pinMode(pinSpeaker, OUTPUT); // delcare speaker as output Serial.begin(9600); } void loop(){ val = digitalRead(inputPin); // read input value if (val == HIGH) { // check if the input is HIGH digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // turn LED ON playTone(300, 160); // playTone(300, 120); delay(150); // delay(150);

if (pirState == LOW) { // we have just turned on Serial.println("REM detected!"); // We only want to print on the output change, not state pirState = HIGH; } } else { digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn LED OFF playTone(0, 0); delay(300); if (pirState == HIGH){ // we have just turned off Serial.println("REM ended!"); // We only want to print on the output change, not state pirState = LOW; } } } // duration in mSecs, frequency in hertz void playTone(long duration, int freq) { duration *= 1000; int period = (1.0 / freq) * 1000000; long elapsed_time = 0; while (elapsed_time < duration) { digitalWrite(pinSpeaker,HIGH); delayMicroseconds(period / 2); digitalWrite(pinSpeaker, LOW); delayMicroseconds(period / 2); elapsed_time += (period); } }

Kahrahaon Jun 20, 2013, 08:30 PM

#4

MrFlux wrote: That will work to flash lights in your eyes. I do not know the theory behind the idea that it will keep you partially awake and therefore aid in lucid dreaming. Who knows different things work for different people. If you are technically competent it is a simple thing to make.

The flashing light will have the effect of photic brainwave entrainment. However he does not mention or seem to be concerned about the frequency. Again I question his initial theory and put forth photic brainwave entrainment as an important factor here.

I would suggest adding a circuit to control the frequency. It would be pretty simple, just do a frequency divider off a 555 chip or something like that. You can probably find a circuit design on the net or in a textbook.

Who knows different things work for different people. But that wasn't worked to flashlights in my eyes in past days.

oliverclayon Jul 2, 2013, 07:30 AM

#5

This video describes the very detailed expects of dreaming.

luchodreamon Mar 3, 2016, 01:24 AM

#6

Hi have you a component list and circuit ? wich arduino do you use?.

I think i can figure out from the code, but i'm a begginer arduino programmer.

Another question. Does the pir sensor work fine and activate with eye movement?.

Thank you