The Dream of Working While Sleeping Has Come True!

According to SAEDNEWS, Quoting ISNA, imagine using your sleeping hours to work on your projects, prepare for presentations, or enhance your skills. Wouldn’t that be great?

Now, a new startup called Prophetic claims to have developed a device that allows people to control and benefit from their dreams.

Prophetic, established in March this year, has created a headband named "Halo" that can induce a lucid dream state. A lucid dream is when you are aware of dreaming and can control the content of your dreams.

Prophetic says that using Halo can turn your dreams into a virtual workspace where you can do anything you desire.

Eric Vollebregt, the founder and CEO of Prophetic, states, "Whether you’re a CEO, an athlete, or a web designer, you can use your dreams to practice, create, or discover new possibilities."

The Halo headband is not the first device claiming to induce lucid dreams. Many other products like headbands, eye masks, electrodes, and supplements can also help achieve lucidity. However, Prophetic claims their device is different and more effective because it uses focused ultrasound beams to stimulate a specific part of the brain involved in lucid dreaming.

Ultrasound beams, also used in monitoring a baby's health in the womb (ultrasound), can activate the brain regions responsible for decision-making and awareness, thereby inducing lucidity.

Prophetic collaborates with Afshin Mehin, the founder of Card79 and designer of Neuralink’s N1 device, to create Halo. Neuralink, a company founded by Elon Musk, aims to develop a brain implant to assist individuals with disabilities due to strokes. Such a product could have countless applications.

Prophetic claims that the potential of lucid dreaming is not just to solve specific problems but to find new, creative ways of approaching topics that might be hard to think about while awake. For instance, a mathematician may not find the exact answer to a math problem in a dream but might discover new methods.

Vollebregt says they want to give their customers control.

However, not everyone believes Prophetic’s claim. Antonio Zadra, a professor of psychology at the University of Montreal and an expert on sleep and dreams, says that inducing lucid dreams is not that simple. He notes that many people who experience lucid dreams often forget they are dreaming or wake up too soon.

He also mentioned that controlling a dream is harder than it seems and requires a lot of practice and skill. He suggested that people use other techniques like meditation, dream journaling, and visualization to increase their chances of controlling their dreams.

Zadra cited a series of studies linking the level of prefrontal cortex activation to the ability to control dreams, stating that the higher the stimulation, the better users can achieve their goals. He also noted that many studies recommend additional tests to validate their hypotheses.

Prophetic’s product relies on research conducted by the Donders Institute, a brain research center in the Netherlands.

Prophetic will determine which specific areas of the brain should be targeted and the frequency of ultrasound waves for inducing lucid dreams based on studies from this institute. The company expects to receive this data in the spring of 2024 and plans to release its devices by spring 2025.

Vollebregt estimates that the Halos will cost around $1,500 to $2,000, and customers can pre-order the product with a refundable $100 deposit.

Vollebregt did not disclose how many orders have been placed so far, but mentioned that in the first few weeks after the company opened the reservation system, they generated several hundred thousand dollars in revenue, indicating that the waitlist for Halo includes thousands of people.