Thread: Thinking of Making My Own LD Induction Device

Thanks for all the good ideas everyone! I looked at Stephen Laberge's research, along with some other studies, however there isn't a huge amount of data on heart rate during sleep, and most of it has to do with variance in EEG readings which I know nothing about. However if I record myself as an example throughout the day and night to find my own baseline heart rate during wakefulness, NREM and REM that should hopefully give me enough information to work with. I will also look into how to monitor breathing patterns as the fluctuations of that combined with heart rate would be a pretty good indicator of REM sleep.

@Highlander I have heard of Instructables and read a bit of the lucidcode website and I will definitely be utilising them more in the future .

@Valis & Threecat I will definitely consider using vibration, if it works well then it would be much easier to use than sound clips or leds (connecting a sensor to a computer and back to led's near the eyes will be tricky without having it all built into a mask, which would probably be huge and bulky and uncomfortable). Having a little wristband or finger ring or something would be awesome if it works well.

I might not be able to get too much done on this for another couple of months until the end of semester but I will try to do as much as I can and learn as much as I can in the meantime. It feels good to work on a project you are passionate about, hardly feels like work :p.

EDIT: I searched around for a heart rate sensor and found one that looks perfect, except it costs about 50 bucks, which isn't cheap. If it is the best/only option though then I will get it as it is fairly accurate and Arduino compatible and provides sample code, which is nice.