Dream-To-Screen
One thing that has always bothered me is that I occasionally have dreams at night but, 9 times out of 10, I can’t recall anything that I was thinking about when I wake up. Some people have the best ideas or happiest thoughts while sleeping which is why bringing that into physical form would be incredible. My invention for Design Change is called Dream-to-Screen. This allows the user to view their dreams in full clarity the next day whether they are just curious or need some extra entertainment. In order to make this happen wee would need to create a machine similar to an MRI and an EEG to track brain activity then simply a screen to display what was recorded. There are no current competitors but there is research going into “neural decoding” by a scientist named Horikawa et al. Him and his team have managed to guess the content of the test specimen’s dream 60 percent of the time just by relating brain waves to objects. My audience would be the younger generation because I would assume that they will be open to newer things and are still very curious about themselves and their dreams. The age range would probably be from 15-25 years old.
One thing that has always bothered me is that I occasionally have dreams at night but, 9 times out of 10, I can’t recall anything that I was thinking about when I wake up. Some people have the best ideas or happiest thoughts while sleeping which is why bringing that into physical form would be incredible. My invention for Design Change is called Dream-to-Screen. This allows the user to view their dreams in full clarity the next day whether they are just curious or need some extra entertainment. In order to make this happen wee would need to create a machine similar to an MRI and an EEG to track brain activity then simply a screen to display what was recorded. There are no current competitors but there is research going into “neural decoding” by a scientist named Horikawa et al. Him and his team have managed to guess the content of the test specimen’s dream 60 percent of the time just by relating brain waves to objects. My audience would be the younger generation because I would assume that they will be open to newer things and are still very curious about themselves and their dreams. The age range would probably be from 15-25 years old.
Our design would look something like an MRI but less bulky and
intimidating so you can actually get a comfortable sleep
I assume by the size (similar to an MRI machine) that they would have to go to your location, or would there be a smaller "home" version? Other than not having that info it seems like a really cool idea.
ReplyDeleteI think this is really creative! it's like a sleep study for dreams. Many people with nightmares have serious sleeping problems, a cure to insomnia maybe? good work
ReplyDeleteI think its an awesome idea, technological in the future for now, but don't think thats all that far. That doesn't look like a too much of intrusive device and could potentially function to sleep on. I would certainly be a customer pending having enough $$$ to afford one. I would fit out of the audience group you targeted, so maybe stretch the difference a bit think 30-40 age is also semi open although more couscous for sure.
ReplyDeleteA market you might consider targeting are mental health professionals, depending on the counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist, often use dream analyses for patients that have PTSD, night-terrors, insomnia and a whole host of other conditions. Also maybe adding some cushioning to the device if it is on a platform like the MRI you show. I have personally been in an MRI for several hours at a time, I can vouch that they are uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Mason, suggestion you could also think of The machine as a bed room.
ReplyDeleteMason – great idea, and the feedback you’ve gotten above is good, and should encourage you to think about location (home device or a group of locations in major cities around the world?), and how your target audience really is. The younger the audience, the less $$ they have – so an older audience makes some sense (maybe universal health care would cover this if prescribed by a doctor?) That doesn’t mean a younger person would not use this, but in terms of how you visually communicate the marketing campaign choosing a more mature audience would influence the colors, fonts, and imagery a lot. Wonderful idea.
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