This machine lets you control your dreams

Researchers have developed a device that acts as an interface to the stage of sleep in which hallucinations occur, allowing people to control the content of their dreams. 

A team created the Dormio device to explore ways to augment a person’s creativity through exploiting the semi-lucid Hypnagogia stage of sleep. The Dormio system works by using a handworn device to track this transitional state through biosignals — such as heart rate and muscle tone. Once the wearer is about to leave Hypnagogia and transition into deep sleep, a bedside robot is triggered to emit a noise to push them back into the dream state.
If the noise used to slightly wake the person is a word, the researchers found that it could enter the Dormio wearer’s dreams. For example, if the robot says “fork” or “rabbit”, the dream will incorporate these objects.
The period of Hypnagogia is characterised by a distorted perception of space and time, as well as a loss of a person’s sense of self that encourages the creation of spontaneous ideas. The idea of prompting creative thought through the mind separating wakefulness and unconsciousness is a concept previously explored by the artist Salvador Dali and the inventor Thomas Edison. 



Both Dali and Edison would access Hypnagogia by falling asleep with a steel ball in their hand, which would crash to the floor while they were in this state of sleep. They would then be able to capture the ideas and thoughts generated through their dreams.



This technique is described by the researchers as “inspiring but limited,” as it does not offer the additional capabilities of the new system that allow people to explore this state of sleep more thoroughly, either by prolonging it or controlling it.

“Good neuroscience, to me, is effective self-examination. Good technology in service of making neuroscience relevant outside the laboratory, then, should facilitate self-examination,” said a research assistant who led the research.

“The ends of this project are both practical and philosophical. I have no doubt that Hypnagogia holds applications for augmenting memory, learning, and creativity. Yet, after exploring the state myself, I find it to be a deeply valuable and inspiring experience.” 

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Innovative breast cancer early warning system developed

llumina 360, a robot-assisted breast cancer early warning system developed by a city-based medical technology firm, can help in early detection of tumours through thermal imaging and be a boon in tackling the disease that is fast spreading, an official said. 

According to a researcher, the system is the first of its kind in the world in breast cancer detection.

With incidence of breast cancer seen in younger women, Illumina 360 can detect presence of variance in the breasts of women irrespective of their age and without any pain, he said.

According to him, the existing screening systems have negative factors like pain when the breasts get pressed by the machine, women feel shy to be exposed during the screening process, age (only women over 45 can be subject to mammography) and non-ionizing radiation.

However, Illumina 360 eliminates all these handicaps. 

"All that a woman has to do is to lie down on a table just unbuckling her tops and without exposing her breasts. An advanced robot in the scanning chamber will take a 360 degree view of the breast and acquire thermal signature - an early warning signal for breast cancer," he said.

"On seeing an abnormality in the thermal image, the person may be advised some lifestyle changes. After some period similar scan could be taken to check on the status," a Consultant Radiologist said.

According to the researcher, with Illumina 360 mass breast screening from early age can be a reality in poor countries.

He said the equipment will be priced similar to the analog mammography whereas the digital mammography costs around Rs 1 crore.

We at the research institute are here to stimulate, foster and enhance bio-tech innovation that can bridge existing healthcare gaps and improve lives of people. 

"We are pleased to announce the birth of one such innovation -CURA's Illumina 360 degree, to bridge one of the biggest gaps in the country - addressing the biggest killer disease of the country - Breast Cancer. We are proud to have been part of innovating this disruptive innovation." 

One in 28 women get breast cancer and one in two die due to late detection, making survival one of the lowest in the world.


Hope and pray that detection of Breast cancer in its earlier stage is made easy, so many women can survive this dreadful disease in the world.
 

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