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In article <1992Nov16.224105.18949@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au> johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy) writes:
>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?

I saw this thing in a catalog once several months ago.  (No, I don't
remember what catalog it was)  Interesting idea, but I'm doubtful as to
it actually *working* or not.  It was quite expensive-- something like
US $1500 or something rediculous like that.  An electronic cue for
dreaming might be fun, but I bet you'd get similar results just wiring
up a pair of LED's in a pair of swim goggles with a flasher circuit to,
say, flash the LED's for around 30 seconds every hour or so.  If you 
don't happen to be in REM sleep when the LED's flash, then nothing happens
anyway.  I'm sure the LED's would happen to flash during REM sleep enough
times to make it effective, if the idea is sound.  Personally, I'm not sure it
would work anyway;  most minor external stimuli gets "masked" in some way
during dream stages; I doubt you'd get enough of a definite "cue" to promote
lucid dreaming.  Perhaps I'll give the "swim goggle" circuit a try just
to see what happens...

Anyway, I don't think you're missing anything by not being able to find
one of these in your country....  Sounds like a waste of US $1500 to me...

                      --Marty