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Everything You Need To Know About That Freaky Dream Last Night

3:30AM October 21, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Still can’t quite shake the feeling that your high school PE teacher is sneaking up behind you on the back of a fiery dragon steed? This video will explain everything you need to know about why your brain dreamt it up. Stupid brain. More »

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Your Dreams Should Be Displayed On Your Bed Like This

10:45AM October 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

Photographer Jan von Holleben came up with a clever way to recreate his famous “Dreams of Flying” series by photographing a girl sleeping on her bed and having the girl’s dreams fully displayed around her. I love it. More »

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Dreaming In Colour Is Only For The Young

6:00PM July 12, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Whether your dreams are exciting or scary, most of them are in bright, vivid colours. By the time you are pushing 60 though, most of your dreams will be a bland black and white. More »

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This Book Has Real Hyperlinks Sewn With Thread

2:40PM February 10, 2011 | Casey Chan

Maria Fischer, a German designer, created this book, “Thoughts on Dreams”. She sewed “hyperlinks” onto the book with thread so readers could follow a specific link, er, word or phrase. It was part of an art project to highlight key words amongst a bigger story and somehow visualise “the confusion and fragileness of dreams”. More »

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Scientist Says A Dream TiVo Is Possible

6:48AM October 29, 2010 | Max Read

Caltech researcher Moran Cerf says he “would like to read people’s dreams”. Well, wouldn’t we all! Except that Dr Cerf thinks it might be possible, based on his new research. Especially if your dream is about Bill and Hillary Clinton. More »

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Electronic Scanner Could Let Psychologists Read And Record Dreams

11:20AM October 28, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

A doctor sits in front of a screen, analysing and recording the neurons firing as you lay asleep, dreaming, electrodes implanted in your brain. He can tell exactly what you’re dreaming about. Reality? Not quite yet. More »

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The Tech Support Call Of Our Dreams

11:00PM October 15, 2010 | Brian Barrett

There’s a chick two phones over with a stuffed penguin doll and a poster of some bearded dude with swords. Heck, I’d want to be transferred over to her for any call, not just tech support. More »

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The Neuroscience Of Inception

2:00AM July 28, 2010 | Jonah Lehrer - Wired

This entire post is a spoiler. Stop reading if you have not seen Inception, because 1) I will reveal major plot points and 2) It will make no sense. More »

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Inception: Peering Into The Science Of Dreams

4:40AM July 21, 2010 | Rowan Hooper - New Scientist

Inception is a complex sci-fi thriller that lies somewhere between a James Bond film and The Matrix. We’ve assembled a spoiler-free guide to the science of the movie, and all you need to know about dreams and the unconscious mind. More »

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New Technology Could Display Your Dreams on Screen

3:00AM December 12, 2008 | Sean Fallon

A research team at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Japan has successfully displayed simple images produced in the human brain on a computer screen. Dream recorder anyone?

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