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In article <1992Nov16.111944.4390@kth.se>, e92_anh@vaxkab.lne.kth.se () writes:
|> On Sunday 15 November 1992, I was watching 'Beyond 2000' on Discovery
|> channel. One of the wonders they were showing this time was an apparatus
|> to -while you're sleeping- detect your REM's and then tell you that you
|> are dreaming (by flashing lights in front of your eyes for a while).
|> 'DreamLight' I think it was called.
|> 
|> The idea is that you ACTUALLY CAN PERCIEVE THIS while sleeping and thus
|> get aware of the fact that what you are experiencing is, in fact, a
|> dream! Well, hey! This sounds cool, does it not?
|> 
|> Now, the reporter said that this device is something that anyone can buy
|> and use. The problem is that 'Beyond 2000' is an American program (I
|> think) and I live in Sweden. And as this 'DreamLight' has not yet found
|> its way to Sweden, I'd be very happy if someone could tell me WHERE I
|> CAN ORDER such a thing...
|> 
"Beyond 2000" is actually an Australian program, although sometimes we cringe
to have to admit it. One of the big problems with the program is when thay say a
product is available over-the-counter (so to speak), they often mean only
within the country where that story originated.

Another main problem is that they've become, over the years, more of an
advertising bureau for commercial products, and less of what they started as - a
program to introduce the state-of-the-art to the layman.

Finally, they seem to occasionally produce stories without a lot of technical
or scientific back-up. It sounds as if your device might fall into this category
- where a manufacturer makes "claims" which are dutifully reported by the
program, yet a marked absence of documented research is observed.

JohnH

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