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Sunday, July 20, 2025

SUNDAY REVIEW: THE DREAM MACHINE

  


We’ve all been there waking up, rubbing the sleep from our eyes, and for a fleeting moment recalling a brilliant fragment of a dream. Maybe not wonderful, but strange and vivid enough to hang in the air longer than breakfast. 

Then comes the commute to the office, more bad coffee, the inbox—daily life resumes, and the dream evaporates. Poof.   

But what if it didn’t? 

What if you could press rewind on your brain and rewatch the reels from your own subconscious?   

That might not be so far off. 

According to a recent report on dezeen.com, researchers and designers are tinkering with what they call an AI-powered Dream Recorder. Yes, it’s real (kind of). Still in its early stages, the device reads brain activity during sleep and attempts to reconstruct dream imagery into short clips you can view the next day.   

Sound like sci-fi? 

That’s because it is—for now. But the science is catching up to the woo-woo. 

The AI is trained on visual stimuli and neurological signals to map and replay dream sequences. It’s not perfect, but according to early testers, it’s eerily close.   

As our fascination with consciousness, AI, and sleep continues to deepen, the Dream Recorder might be the next moonshot for the slumberland set. Whether it becomes a tool for creatives, therapists, or just late-night stoners remains to be seen.   

Media eyes will be watching. Maybe even dreaming about it. 

Concepted by F. Stop Fitzgerald, Photo Editor, PillartoPost.org and illustrated by Janus, Harrison Street Studios.

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