Dreams could be soon watched on computer screens

soumya · 13-12-2008, 11:34 AM

Have you been dreaming of a white Christmas? Scientists may soon be able to show your winter scene on a computer screen once you've drifted into a peaceful slumber.

A Japanese research team has successfully processed and displayed images directly from the human brain, they said in a study to be published in the US magazine Neuron.

While the researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have only reproduced simple images from the brain, they said the technology could eventually be used to display dreams.

A spokesman for the Kyoto-based company said it was the first time that it had ever been possible to visualise what people saw directly from their brain activity, a spokesman said.

'By applying this technology, it may become possible to record and replay subjective images that people perceive like dreams,' they added.

When people look at an object, the eye's retina recognises an image that is converted into electrical signals which go into the brain's visual cortex.

The team, led by chief researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani, succeeded in catching the signals and then reconstructing what people saw.

Firstly they studied people's individual brain patterns by showing them some 400 different still images. They then showed volunteers the six letters in the word 'neuron' and succeeded in reconstructing the letters on a computer screen by measuring their brain activity.

Scientists hope eventually this software could be used to map complex dreams.

Dreaming is associated with rapid eye movement sleep although the biological purpose is still not understood. The most common recorded emotion experienced in dreams is anxiety.

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gxsaurav · 13-12-2008, 11:49 AM

Lolz....I guess its too dangerous for teenage girls & boys, about who they dream when they sleep

Arun the Gr8 · 13-12-2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gxsaurav

Lolz....I guess its too dangerous for teenage girls & boys, about who they dream when they sleep

Dont forget the wet dreams..

Faun · 13-12-2008, 06:12 PM

here comes the dc mini and dream therapy

vamsi360 · 13-12-2008, 06:37 PM

Then no need for investigations and forensic

x3060 · 13-12-2008, 09:27 PM

stupid peoples, don't they have anything else to do...?

BBThumbHealer · 13-12-2008, 09:29 PM

^ +1

amol48 · 13-12-2008, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gxsaurav

Lolz....I guess its too dangerous for teenage girls & boys, about who they dream when they sleep

I got you!

...

But see the positive side. All those people (read girls) that you have seen somewhere once and just can't forget can pop up on your screen just by a thought

Faun · 13-12-2008, 10:12 PM

^^see the worst side too

Like rendered as brain dead or something more...lol

IronManForever · 14-12-2008, 01:18 AM

Another feature of Windows 7? Eh?

dheeraj_kumar · 14-12-2008, 01:18 AM

Oh good! Homemade porn!

infra_red_dude · 14-12-2008, 01:27 AM

Oh.. would you require a decent graphics processor in your brain for better rendering of the dream?? Whats the minimum GDDR RAM??

mrintech · 14-12-2008, 01:36 AM

Great NEWS

Ab khair nai kisi ki

gaurav_indian · 14-12-2008, 01:46 AM

@mrintech teri shaadi nahi hui hai abhi tak tu dur rahiyo aisi cheezon se pata chale market mein new 18+ cd release kar di.

NIGHTMARE · 14-12-2008, 03:26 AM

^^

gaurav_indian · 14-12-2008, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by NIGHTMARE

^^

bhai tu mat dreams dekhiyo warna jitni bhi horror films aayi hai ab tak sab ki sab records mein flop likhi jayengi tere dreams ko agar record kar liya toh.

mrintech · 14-12-2008, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

@mrintech teri shaadi nahi hui hai abhi tak tu dur rahiyo aisi cheezon se pata chale market mein new 18+ cd release kar di.

Tera kya hoga Kaaliya?????

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Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

bhai tu mat dreams dekhiyo warna jitni bhi horror films aayi hai ab tak sab ki sab records mein flop likhi jayengi tere dreams ko agar record kar liya toh.

gaurav_indian · 14-12-2008, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mrintech

Tera kya hoga Kaaliya?????

Maine digit ki magazines with blank dvds and cds buy ki hai sarkaar.

comp@ddict · 14-12-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dheeraj_kumar

Oh good! Homemade porn!

LOLOLOLOL

mrintech · 14-12-2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

Maine digit ki magazines with blank dvds and cds buy ki hai sarkaar.

Dekha! Maja aaya

Ab apne dreams write karna un blank CD's/DVD's mein

I will be waiting for some really great Homemade Movies

freshseasons · 14-12-2008, 11:02 PM

I still personally think this adds pretty much to a good news.I mean look at all the wonders let loose.Sky is the Limit !

Except for the nightmares which i am pretty sure no one will fancy ,think of the wonderful dreams that could come alive.
And i believe if those are recorded it will definitely add to the dash of happiness.
Hmm i wonder how many people will perhaps love the hint of reality that there is in their life.

mrintech · 14-12-2008, 11:05 PM

I experience dreams in which I am the most powerful person and then when I am going to kill the villain/evil/persons having bad faces I wake up

Also I don't want to record my Nightmares

They are horrible

Rest I want to record.....

dOm1naTOr · 14-12-2008, 11:47 PM

new laws shud be implemented against watching confidential dreams of someone.

think of waking up to see ur whole dream in youtube....

NIGHTMARE · 15-12-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

bhai tu mat dreams dekhiyo warna jitni bhi horror films aayi hai ab tak sab ki sab records mein flop likhi jayengi tere dreams ko agar record kar liya toh.

bhai agar tujhe apne dream me dekh liya to paki baat flim flop ho jaye gi agree with u so stay away