DREEMWORK lets you morse code from inside your dream

Lucid dreaming fascinates hackers. Every few years for over a decade now, we've seen a serious project dedicated to studying or exploiting this phenomenon, and interest in this topic has yet to fade. [Michael] reached out to us to talk about a small, unconventional breakthrough that a few lucid dream hackers have achieved: communicating Morse code from their dream using eye movements.

These hackers use Dreem 2 and 3 headbands, which include clinical-grade polysomnography features such as EEG measurements, which are essential for decoding eye movements. [Michael] tells us that one of the participants, [Sebastiii], was able to transfer the letter F by looking left twice, then right and left again – ..-. in morse code. With a headband ready to use, this method of transmitting information is quite accessible to anyone wishing to learn Morse code, and [Michael] himself is currently working on an automated decoding solution. We might forget what's happening in our dreams pretty quickly, but this unexpected side channel might be a good way to counter.

[Michael] has briefed us on many of the projects we've covered, and he himself has a long history in the field. His own research on the use of Morse code to communicate from lucid dreams dates back to 2012. If your preparations for the ham exam have you dreaming in Morse code, this might be the perfect project to join. Many of the projects we've seen focus on gaining sufficient awareness to achieve lucidity first, such as the variety of lucid dream-invoking masks we've covered over the years. This part being thoroughly explored, it makes sense that communication is the next frontier to be tackled.