recording your dreams

bandit · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:44

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/22/brain-movies/

With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have found a way to reconstruct your brainwaves into a semblance of what you can see...

[TW]Sponge · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:48

Cool, but you can't possibly make anything out in the brain video.

Davepen · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:49

That's pretty awesome...

I'd love to make movies of my dreams

Cosimo · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:51

Lol very watchable. It could be anything.

Brian8bit · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:51

The clip on the right reminds me of a few acid trips from when I was younger.

Participant · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:54

bandit said:
scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have found a way to reconstruct your brainwaves into a semblance of what you can see...

No they haven't

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It's a start though I suppose.

Reaper 392 · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:57

Patient: so, what was i dreaming about? it was really vivid, but i just cant remember it now
Doctor: lets have a look at the video...... it says, smudge

leaskovski · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:51

Considering what they are doing I would say that is pretty cool and impressive.

Brian8bit · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:02

I wondered why this story sounded familiar and I googled it. December 2008.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16267-mindreading-software-could-record-your-dreams.html

If they're using similar techniques / technologies / software at Berkeley, that's a hell of a jump in imaging in three years.

bigjimmyauk · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:03

Very blurry , i wonder how long before they can clear it up. I can think of some dreams i'd like on tape

SourChipmunk · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:08

I can't even imagine a time when computers will be able to keep up with the processing power of our brains. Watching an event in real time is completely different than how quickly we process a dream. Even to replay in slow motion is going to miss extremely lengthy bits of what we actually perceive while asleep. Dreams just don't work that way -- they're not done in movie style, in a sensible sequence. It is all just noise that your brain comprehends and pieces together -- extremely rapidly.

But, someone will figure it out anyway.