erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) (02/10/88)
In article <4158@sigi.Colorado.EDU>, kessner@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Eric M. Kessner, K.S.C.) writes: > Hardware Note: A few years ago Omni has an article about lucid dreaming, and > mentioned a hardware device for invoking lucid dreams. It recognized when you > went into r.e.m. state & gave you four very weak shocks on the wrist (to mean: > this is a dream). Has anybody heard anything about these or other devices? > Eric Kessner Yeah...Check _High_Frontiers_ or the book _Megabrain_. (This year's _H._F._ is out...) There are usually ads in H.F. for 'brain stimulators' of various types. Some generate alpha & theta waves, others are merely glorified biofeedback machines. _Megabrain_, by a person whose names eludes me at this moment, is a good look at various methods that supposedly can be used to increase intellegence -- including machines that stimulate waves for the brain. -- Ratings stickers on music releases: Just Say "No". | Another journalist with If I wish really hard, will IBM go away forever? | too much computing power. Girls play with toys. Real women skate. -- Powell Peralta ad J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007