According to the handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, only around 20% of people are capable of lucid dreaming, or being aware and being able to control one’s dreams. With only 1% capable of it on a weekly basis. However, possibly not for long, that is if this new device from tech company Prophetic actually works.
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00:03 According to the Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, only around 20% of people are capable of lucid
00:08 dreaming or being aware and being able to control one's dreams.
00:12 And that's on a monthly basis.
00:13 Only 1% can do it weekly.
00:15 However, possibly not for long.
00:18 That is, if this new device from tech company Prophetic actually works.
00:21 Its developers are calling it Halo, and it will use data from EEGs and fMRIs to figure
00:26 out when a user enters a REM sleep state, or our deepest level of sleep, and when dreaming
00:31 occurs.
00:32 The whole thing is based on research from Dutch cognitive and behavioral research organization
00:36 the Donders Institute, which has been studying lucid dreaming for years.
00:40 Their research suggests that lucid dreaming can be induced by targeting certain areas
00:44 of the brain with particular ultrasound frequencies.
00:46 Pretty cool.
00:47 But how much will something like this cost?
00:49 According to Prophetic, Halo will retail for between $1,500 and $2,000.
00:53 However, despite the high price tag, people are already lining up to control their dream
00:57 state with Prophetic announcing that thousands have already put down money and reserved one
01:01 for themselves, which the company says they expect to ship Halo in 2025.
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