This Device Uses AI to Help You Control Your Dreams

When you go to bed tonight, there’s a small chance you might have a lucid dream—or a dream where you’re aware that you’re dreaming. It’s a relatively rare phenomenon, with one study finding that they occur in about half the population. Of that group, just 20 percent experience lucid dreams monthly and just 1 percent experience them weekly.

But when it does happen, though, it can be downright magical—allowing you to explore your consciousness and have experiences that are limited only by your imagination. It’s the reason that there are entire communities online dedicated to the practice such as Reddit’s /r/luciddreaming. The forum boasts half a million users who share tips on how to achieve the dream state, and swap stories about their experiences.

Even with practice and consistency, though, it can be difficult to do. However, there might soon be a technological solution that will allow just about anyone to lucid dream.

Read more at The Daily Beast.