I have 0 experience writting Windows XP drivers. Some guys were going to make Windows drivers to run the program a few years ago (read old Usenet archives for exact details) but opted out before the project really took off. Fortunately, an older computer running DOS sits by my side that is primarily used for the Dreamweaver.
It wouldn’t be “nice” for me to sell the device, as it’s not my own invention. If you want one, BUILD IT! The parts are not hard to come by and you could certainly pick up some valuable skills while working on it.
If that doesn’t work you can always record your voice on your computer saying something like, “You are dreaming now, you will now go lucid” or something similiar than setup task scheduler to go off at a certain time. Of course this is for people with a computer by where they sleep. And for those people without computers just burn a wav file that says it and set your wake time on your alarm to go off at whatever time and put it on repeat so it will keep playing. Also make sure you have it on music/cd instead of alarm .
I’ve just built it as well. I used separate (and inexpensive) IR led and phototransistor. That bit works well. I can see the numbers changing from 0 to below 200 when I place the goggle on the eye. Moving the eyes with the lid closed causes the signal to change. Now I have a problem with the LED. It keeps flashing as soon as run dreamweaver. I’ve tried different transistors, even PNP and the sucker keeps flashing. Whats goin on???
I thought it may have been windows 98, but when I run it under dos it does the same but the movement detector no longer works. Arrrrrrrgggghhhhh!
I’ve decided to give this device a shot, i’ve done a lot of other things with electronics. I’ve just build a totally fanless silent computer, then i saw this post and thought what a good combination. The pc board i’m using is the via epia board with a fanless eden processor. It’s 533mhz and can run xp . anyway, I might build this device (or something similar) and write some software for xp. Then I can combine sounds and stuff.
Hmmmm, I see it uses the printer port AND the game port. I think this is a little excessive. It could be done with just the printer port. maybe a serial port. i’ll look into it
For those of you with XP you just have to create a startup disk from another computer with win95/98 or dos. (run: fomat a: /s).
Now open notepad write “dreamwvr” save the file on the floppy as “autoexec.bat” (be shure theres no .txt behind. (select ‘all file types’ at the filetype option) if the file exists overwrite it (be shure it’s not c:) )
Extract all files from the zip file to the floppy (directly at a: (no folders))
Now you just have to start the computer with the floppy in it and the program starts automaticly.
I don’t know if u can run dos from xp but if you can just run the command.com that is at your floppy and write ‘dremwvr’
Yes, yes it is. Unfortunately, the documentation for Dreamweaver is very minimal and misorganized, so you have to read the included mess from a Compuserve message archive to figure out the function of the button.
Also, the program does not save any settings. If anyone here is a programmer with some spare time, I have some work for you…
I am a programmer, and I would be able to write a windows program for the device, but i have to get my hands on the hardware to do it. What is the other IR led and phototransister part numbers?
You can use any one you like, so long as the IR diode can handle 33mA.
I used an SEP8736 for the diode
and SDP8436 for the tranny.
When mounting, glue a little barrier between them so that the only light reaching the detector (tranny) will be that reflected from the eye.
I’m running it on a 166mhz Pentium, using DOS. It works fine under Windows 98, but will not run under any OS/2 based operaing system such as Windows NT, 2000, or XP. This is why I’d like to see someone make a version that runs under Windows XP. Also, if someone with hardware knowledge converted it to USB, that would be great as well.
I used all the parts listed in the file. The optec sensor cost me $4 from Electronics Expediters (sp?) although they generally don’t sell to individuals.
In my GCSE Tech class, we have to make an electronic product for our main project. I first started making a musical keyboard, but after a while I got bored and rediscovered LDs. Anyway, I asked my teacher if I could change my project idea to one of these goggles, and he refused despite all my efforts. He didn’t mind me changing the project, he just thought the whole idea of lucid dreaming sounded dodgy (he’s never heard of it before you see).
He said “First I’ll need a letter of confirmation from your parents, or doctor, or psychiatrist or whatever” lol. “If you were my son, I wouldn’t let you.” I’m not sure if he thought lucid dreaming was dodgy, but more of the way I wanted to make the goggles. He said all different possibilities, such as “What if you wake up blind from the light?” and “What if it makes you go insane, and people say ‘He used to be such a nice boy until the Tech teacher let him make those goggles’” and he eventually refused altogether. He’s not a bad, paranoid teacher- just careful. If he knew what lucid dreaming was about, THEN he might have let me.
Off Topic: Come to think of it, are there any bad effects from lucid dreaming?
LAJ: There are only positive effects of LDing, as far as I know. The only problem is if you have a disease which makes it hard for you to differ fantasy from reality, but most people don’t have.
LAJ, if the LEDs were too bright, they could blind you, or wake you up (repeated awakenings CAN drive a person insane, by the way.) That’s why there is a potentiometer to set the luminocity of the LEDs.
The only other down side to lucidity I can think of was when I was told by an experienced LDer, that lucid sleep isn’t as effective as normal sleep, but that a couple of hours extra sleep would make up for this.
Could this circuit be made with a basic egg-time circuit, which starts the LED flashing after a couple of hours from activation?
This may be true for some people, but it’s certainly not the experience I’ve had.
Many people have talked about this in the past on newsgroups, etc. The problem is that there is no way for a timer to know if you’re in REM sleep or not. You only have dreams in REM sleep, so flashing lights during other phases of sleep may just wake you up – not a good thing.
Yeah, but they’d have to mass produce it to get a really low price. If there was a competitor, so long as they don’t get sued, then prices might be more competitive.
i just went when i saw this topic, because i was recently considering buying a nova dreamer and then i discovered the price! if anyone ever decides to start producing these… even if its just a few… email me! i would love one! steve_v_m@hotmail.com
where can I see one of these novadreamers, is there any website that has them with prices and stuff?
if not, how much do they cost(in australian dollars if possible)
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. anyway, I might build this device (or something similar) and write some software for xp. Then I can combine sounds and stuff.
He’s not a bad, paranoid teacher- just careful. If he knew what lucid dreaming was about, THEN he might have let me.
