Sweet Dreams Are Made By This 438
schnoz writes "From Takara, the folks who brought you Bow-Lingual the dog translator, comes the Dream Workshop. Before going to sleep, all you have to do is stare at a photograph of what you want to dream of (Natalie Portman maybe) and record the dream plot. When you fall asleep, this gadget waits for REM and then uses your voice recording, lights, music and aroma to help direct your dream."
Why not... (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe Thinkgeek could sell a "Natalie Portman in Hot Grits" version?
heh (Score:2, Funny)
I mean....
Re:Why not... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sounds Tempting! (Score:5, Funny)
Back in the dark ages when I was in college I used to tape lectures and listen to them while I was asleep. Amazing results!
weird, i fall asleep during lectures all the time, and nothing good has ever come out of it
must be user error (Score:5, Funny)
Mars (Score:5, Funny)
To be used for fun...and evil... (Score:5, Funny)
meh? (Score:5, Funny)
This isn't that email i get 15 times a week proclaiming "Amazing Breakthrough In Software Technology! Turn Woofs into Words! Free Download!" is it?
stare at a photograph of what you want to dream of (Natalie Portman maybe) and record the dream plot. When you fall asleep, this gadget waits for REM and then uses your voice recording, lights, music and aroma to help direct your dream."
It's probably not recommended to have a device cooking up some grits when there's no one there to keep an eye on it. But in other news, i did hear that they are selling perfume that smells just like natalie portman!
Wet Dreams (Score:5, Funny)
This is scary it works so good (Score:1, Funny)
I don't know... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mars (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why not... (Score:5, Funny)
They were workin' on it, but the prototypes kept petrifying.
KFG
Re:Sounds Tempting! (Score:5, Funny)
It was me and the professor. Only, he looked different. He had daisy duke shorts on and was carrying a rifle. I approached him, and he spoke.. but I couldn't understand. I think it was another language. When I got closer, I noticed my skin was burning. And then I realized I was covered in fire ants. I jumped off of a cliff towards what looked like a pool of water at the bottom. Only when I hit it, I realized it was a pool of broken glass. I tried as best as I could to swim through the glass, but my skin was literally falling apart.. when I could no longer move, I woke up.
Needless to say, I failed the exam.
Re:Wet Dreams (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm dreaming of... (Score:2, Funny)
I can see it now, a giant curly brace heading towards my ship, no problem all I have to do is evade it with a counter curly brace to close it. What if I see enemy Function ships?? well obviously I have to organize an army of rouge variables that are incompatible with the Functions to destroy it. But what about the moon-sized DeathStar(); function? THe only way to stop it would to use the new OOP cannon to enclose it inside a Class so it becomes useless...
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Re:dreaming (Score:5, Funny)
What did I get?
Advanced knitting.
-- Demolition Man
Re:dreaming (Score:5, Funny)
As for me, I normally change my dream input by consuming Tequila before bedtime. It rarely disappoints.
dreams (Score:1, Funny)
kill kittens for a few months every night, then once in a while dont do it, then you get a very dirty dream (it seems to work for me)
Re:I'm dreaming of... (Score:1, Funny)
"Okay, now we're going to talk about regular expressions..."
LotR (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm dreaming of... (Score:3, Funny)
Sample Usage (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lucid Dreaming is Cheaper (Score:1, Funny)
Eat garlic and don't clean your teeth for a few weeks and you can have this weapon in real life !!, repels girls , pushy sales assistants in fact anyone near you will instantly repelled as soon as you let rip with a huff
Re:Why not... (Score:1, Funny)
Choice quote from article... (Score:3, Funny)
I mean, after all, it's just a device to program your unconscious mind. What could possibly go wrong?
Quick, somebody call Michael Crichton!
-Mark
Ethical Concerns (Score:3, Funny)
Sure these are your dreams and controlling them I guess should be your option, but when do you cross the line? Do you need to get permission from people to use them in your dream if it's directed. I don't think they can do anything in a normal dream, but when things are pre meditated does that change things?
I would honestly think that if the average person got a hold of this they could use it for ill. I know that I don't want people dreaming about me without my permission.
One final thought, how would this work if a person has purposefully violent dreams. Has a dream about killing people for instance, would this be allowed into court, and if so would it count as premeditation.
As techs we may think it cool to make our dreams be what we want them to be, but we do have to worry about this at the ethical / legal level.
Oh and for the person wanting to know how much that is in dollars 138.486.
that is so f***ing stupid (Score:2, Funny)
This has got to be the most idiotic thing I've ever read on slashdot. Or, anywhere.
I know that I don't want people dreaming about me without my permission.
I just hope it's not powered by windows ce.net... (Score:5, Funny)
On a serious note, google up lucid dreaming and read about it. It actually works. Years ago I tried to make one of these things by having a bunch of LED's blink rapidly. It didn't work, but it was a neat form of meditation. But seriously, there's nothing like a lucid dream.
Videodrome quote (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:dreaming (Score:5, Funny)
Interesting... (Score:3, Funny)
I was unaware that Michael Stipe was an afficianado of hot grits.
Re:Why not... (Score:5, Funny)
Only if it has a mute feature.
Re:meh? (Score:2, Funny)
Handy grits recipe that doesn't take much time.
2 cups water
1 1/4 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup quick cooking grits, not instant
1/2 cup butter
In a small pot, bring water, milk, and salt to a boil. Slowly stir grits into boiling mixture. Stir continuously and thoroughly until grits are well mixed. Let the pot return to a boil, cover pot with a lid, lower the temperature, and cook for approximately 30 minutes stirring occasionally. Add more water if necessary.
Grits are done when they have the consistency of smooth cream of wheat. Stir in half the butter and serve on Natalie Portman with remaining butter divided equally on top of each portion.
Re:FAG (Score:3, Funny)
Well, working in the gay porno section of the newsstand would probably be the reason why you see so few women.
LK
I'm sure they would find higher demand for... (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory Simpsons Quote (Score:4, Funny)
Marge: Homer, has the weight loss tape reduced your appetite?
Homer: Ah, lamentably no. My gastronomic rapacity knows no satieties.
the worst nightmare (Score:5, Funny)
i swear if someone did that to my machine, i d use a hot iron to brand -1 Troll on his forehead
Barring anything else... (Score:5, Funny)
Then again, the employees already live in Japan, home of used panty vending machines. For the curious, the cost is supposedly 1000 per pair.
I now await a slew of replies from pseudo-clever
Yeh! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:FAG (Score:3, Funny)
by an exageration of the same magnitude I could very possibly wake up next to nat. portman in the morning after such a dream.
Re:Lucid Dreaming is Cheaper (Score:3, Funny)
No.....no you can't.
Re:Why not... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm dreaming of... (Score:5, Funny)
Being unconscious for that amount of time isn't called sleeping - it's called being in a coma.
Re:Why not... (Score:5, Funny)
Were you bleeding from the rectum?
Re:Why not... (Score:4, Funny)
-B
Re:mod parent up for poster having balls. (Score:2, Funny)
Mind, I'm a member of that most feared and hated group of people, the bisexuals, who are reviled by both the homo- and heterosexual communities. Probably because we keep trying to steal all the cute girls AND the cute guys.