Dormio is a device that uses the semi-wake phase to control the plot of a dream.
The MIT Media Lab has developed a system consisting of a glove with sensors and a bedside robot that generates sound. When the sensors in the glove register relaxation, the system recognizes the beginning of the semi-wakefulness phase, and the bedside robot begins to quietly pronounce pre-selected words that affect the plot of the dream.
Hypnagogia is an intermediate state between reality and sleep, during which a person is able to consciously perceive images of the unconscious. It is believed that at these moments a person experiences a surge of creative energy. The experiments with the falling asleep phase were staged by the artist Salvador Dali and the inventor Thomas Edison. The words that a person hears in moments of hypnagogy echo with images in his falling asleep consciousness, that is, the named objects are visualized in the plot of a dream. The group of people who participated in the experiment with Dormio prolonged their hypnagogic state by several minutes compared to the control group, and everyone, without exception, remembered their dreams. The developers believe that the new device will help people develop creativity and creativity.
Tatiana Durmanova