California Startup Claims Achieving Dream-to-Dream Communication

(MENAFN) The creator of a California-based sleep-technology venture claims his organization has successfully facilitated communication between two individuals during dreams, utilizing a wearable apparatus that monitors lucid REM sleep and transmits audio signals between subjects.

Michael Raduga, CEO of REMspace, informed media that his team invested years pursuing dream-to-dream communication capabilities.

"Communication in dreams is possible via the phenomenon called lucid dreaming," he said. "When you have consciousness in REM sleep, you understand what's going on as if you are in reality, so you can control what you do."

Inside REMspace's dream tests
To avoid stress and traffic, Raduga conducts all his work from home, and his employees also work remotely from different cities and countries.

Raduga explained the company depended on "very advanced lucid dreamers" who can induce lucid dreams nearly every night and tolerate sleeping while covered in electrodes.

"Around the world, there are maybe just a few dozens of people who can participate in our studies," he said. "It's very stressful and requires a lot of experience."

Test subjects wore multi-sensor equipment capable of measuring EEG activity, eye movements and facial muscle responses.

Raduga stated the technology permitted REMspace's server to detect REM sleep with "very high accuracy" and identify when a sleeper became conscious.

"Once somebody was conscious in a dream, our server was sending audio signals to this person."

Participants received instructions to repeat a short, randomized phrase, which the device captured using residual facial muscle activity.

"If the phrase is the same, it means they were able to transmit it," Raduga said.

He noted that about 10 lucid dreamers took part, and the exchanges were limited to simple, two-sound words.

'I implanted a device in my own skull'
Raduga indicated an enhanced iteration of the apparatus, which he displayed during the interview, should enable future tests with "more complex phrases" and potentially "communication in real time."

He said the company has completed a peer-reviewed scientific paper on the research, with publication expected in the coming months.

"This experiment took us years of attempts and preparation. When we were finally able to achieve it, after a few years of attempts, it was one of the most exciting moments in my life."

Raduga also acknowledged the ethical implications of more advanced dream-recording technology.

"Somebody will try to hack it, get access to it," he said. "People will try to invade your dreams and manipulate your dreams. It is inevitable — all we can do is prevent it and think about it in advance."

He additionally recounted a controversial personal experiment, claiming he once implanted a device into his own skull several years ago to accelerate research before moving to the US.

"It was the first ever self-neurosurgery," he claimed.

Despite the experimental nature of the work, Raduga expressed confidence that lucid dreaming will soon become widely accessible. "In just a few years, lucid dreaming will be an easy thing to achieve. With our upcoming technology, it's going to be effortless."

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