Thread: Software to make it easier to fall asleep whilst keeping the mind awake

So ive had this idea for a piece of software that may or may not work. What it should do is keep your brain alert, awake and aware whilst your body relaxes and falls asleep. This will hopefully give you a successfull lucid dream.

The software will work by asking you a series of simple mathematical questions, involving numbers from 1-10, the program will ask you to add, subtract, divide and multiply random numbers that it will choose. Your task is too simply work out the answers within a set period (lets say 3 or 4 seconds). After the program has waited 3 or 4 seconds it will read out another question and it will continue to read out questions untill a timer has run out.

• The timer will be set by the user when the program is first started to ensure as much flexability as possible.

• All the questions will be read out so you do not visually need to look at a screen

My question to you guys is do you reckon it can work? i can make a prototype at the weekend. Also i will probably need some testers to help and give me feedback

Let me know what you think please

If this would just be a series of audio files or an iPhone app- I would love to be a tester.

Thats pretty much what it will be like a series of audio clips looping and changing untill a timer runs out, although making that into an iphone app may be tricky as i dont have the developer license and cannot put it on the app store

Make it so I can play it on my laptop, and I'd be glad to be a tester.

Yeah ill probably upload it to a server so you can just run it in your browser all you guys will need is adobe flash

Originally Posted by maxy126

Yeah ill probably upload it to a server so you can just run it in your browser all you guys will need is adobe flash

So anything but an iphone lol. I'd use my android though so let me know

Just an idea.
Maybe you could put a serious of them together, with say.. 5 seconds interval, and make a 5 min clip of it. Just for accessibility, so that anyone can use a simple mp3 player for it. You know?
And maybe have like, 2x 5min clips with a 5 second interval, and 2x 5min clips with a 6 second interval, etc. Or something like that.

Hey guys progress is going well with the project it should be developed for next week + then i will test it for the week after.

@darkrom thats correct everything but the iphone im afraid!

@NightSpy2 your idea is good + can probably be easily achieved aswell i will ensure there are some .mp3 files

And, any updates on your progress?

I made a REM Cycle, Concentrate And Trust.LD3, for Liquid Dream that should keep you awake as you are falling asleep.

Sorry for the late reply guys i've created an alpha version and uploaded it to my website heres the url: http://www.howtoluciddream.co.uk/logic-experiment/ so you need to choose how long it should last and your ready to go.

Let me know any feedback and your results

Your link is broken. Otherwise the concept is interesting.

Originally Posted by Ev

Your link is broken. Otherwise the concept is interesting.

Ooo. Coming from Ev! The mighty creator of the Lucid Dreaming App!!
Singularity! (That's what it was called, right?)

Now I need to get an iPhone just so that I can have that app!! xD

Ah... well thats embarrasing i did test it before i posted it! Turns out you had to be logged in to view the page, please try again it should be okay now.

Singularity - sounds interesting might have to try the app what does it do?