'SHADOW' is a dream app for the iPhone that aims to cut down on the amount of dreams that are forgotten. The app works as an alarm clock that uses motion sensors to track your sleep patterns. On top of this, upon waking, the app asks you to rate your level of groginess, which helps to get a better sense of your individual sleep cycle.
From there, people are able to record their dreams with their voice or text. These recorded dreams become part of a worldwide dream database, where SHADOW can start to organize themes that it sees with dreams, especially within specific cultures and societies. Since there is so much that we don't know about the human brain and the world of dreams, this is a clever way to collect huge amounts of data.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Dream Tracking Apps
- Technology-assisted tracking and organization of dreams, providing insights and potentially allowing for lucid dreaming practices.
- Sleep Pattern Analysis
- Use of motion sensors to enhance sleep pattern analysis and research.
- Big Data Dream Analysis
- Organization and analysis of big data collected from worldwide dreams, potentially leading to new discoveries in psychology and neuroscience.
Where This Applies
- Technology
- Growth opportunities for app development and data analytics.
- Healthcare
- Use in sleep study research and development of dream-related therapies.
- Psychology and Neuroscience
- Potential collaboration and data sharing for new research prospects.
