Thread: Thinking of Making My Own LD Induction Device

Hey everyone, I'm not sure if I should post here or in tech talk but here goes.

I have recently been thinking about making my own LD induction device. I am studying mechatronic engineering at university and think I have/can develop the necessary skills to create my own device. I am in the earliest phases of ideation but have come up with some initial ideas, and the simplest one I have come up with so far is detecting heart rate (which rises in REM sleep compared to NREM) and using that to trigger either LED's or a short bit of music to induce lucidity. I was also thinking of having an accelerometer near the heart rate monitor to detect whether my heart rate increase is due to moving about or due to being in REM. Hopefully that would create a decently accurate indication of when I am dreaming. I would probably use an Arduino or raspberry pi board to control this, and potentially connect it to my phone or laptop to keep track of the data (maybe in a nice graph form :p).

At the vey least I think I will be able to keep track of my heart rate throughout the night, perhaps in 5 minute intervals, and even if I can't get an induction device out of that the information of when I am in REM throughout the night would be useful anyway. Only concern I have is that wearing a heart rate monitor for 8 hours could become quite uncomfortable lol.

If anyone has any advice on whether my idea seems feasible or help with regards to how to make the device I would be extremely grateful. Thanks in advance!
BlairBros