Dust changes how you sleep, what you dream, and who you are when you wake up.
Dust changes how you sleep, what you dream, and who you are when you wake up.
Remember, record, and understand your dreams with the Dust app.
Remember, record, and understand your dreams with the Dust app.
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"I’ve been surprised to discover for myself that my own dreams are not in fact as boring or unremarkable as what I first thought. For years, I’ve basically written off an entire aspect of myself…."
Anand Jagatia, Reporter, BBC World Service
Anand Jagatia, Reporter, BBC World Service
Grace Greenwald,
Woodworker, Educator
"I think a dream to an insomniac will always be a gift; and these dreams in the dream bed in particular felt so special to receive. It brought me right back, for the first time since, to a month-long period of full color."
Karen Van Kampen,
Science Journalist
"I dreamt of trees. Many kinds of trees from different points in my life, connecting me to places and events from another time. Since my at-home dream experiment, I haven’t looked at a tree the same."
John Bambery,
Actor, The Met Opera
"It quickly became impossible to dream as anything else but Hamlet. In addition to learning the entire text with little effort I found that my experiencing was more easy and truthful than I had ever felt before"
Paul Seli,
Professor, Duke University
“In dream states, we seem to be able to link things together that we normally wouldn’t connect, It’s like there’s an artist in my brain that I get to know through hypnagogia.”
Will Dowd,
Writer, Boston Globe
“For the past year, I used lines of poetry as seeds to guide my dreams. What bloomed was a garden of dreams wilder and stranger than any reading experience could have conjured.”
Nicolas Becker,
Oscar Winning Sound Designer
“The most impressive thing for me is the speed, super fast, 1/4 second images. And I feel I really needed it, like I was going in an unknown hard drive of my mind, and staying with what things I like. To check myself. With this experience you better understand the connections that make the world for you meaningful.”
Michael Clune,
Author, New Yorker
“My Dormio-assisted adventures in hypnagogia showed me how unbelievably, compulsively, naturally, and irresistibly creative the mind becomes once it slips loose of conscious control. At times it felt as if my awareness was coming apart under the pressure of creative energy, like a thin cotton shirt under a fire hose.”
Grace Greenwald,
Woodworker, Educator
"I think a dream to an insomniac will always be a gift; and these dreams in the dream bed in particular felt so special to receive. It brought me right back, for the first time since, to a month-long period of full color."
Karen Van Kampen,
Science Journalist
"I dreamt of trees. Many kinds of trees from different points in my life, connecting me to places and events from another time. Since my at-home dream experiment, I haven’t looked at a tree the same."
John Bambery,
Actor, The Met Opera
"It quickly became impossible to dream as anything else but Hamlet. In addition to learning the entire text with little effort I found that my experiencing was more easy and truthful than I had ever felt before"
Paul Seli,
Professor, Duke University
“In dream states, we seem to be able to link things together that we normally wouldn’t connect, It’s like there’s an artist in my brain that I get to know through hypnagogia.”
Will Dowd,
Writer, Boston Globe
“For the past year, I used lines of poetry as seeds to guide my dreams. What bloomed was a garden of dreams wilder and stranger than any reading experience could have conjured.”
Nicolas Becker,
Oscar Winning Sound Designer
“The most impressive thing for me is the speed, super fast, 1/4 second images. And I feel I really needed it, like I was going in an unknown hard drive of my mind, and staying with what things I like. To check myself. With this experience you better understand the connections that make the world for you meaningful.”
Michael Clune,
Author, New Yorker
“My Dormio-assisted adventures in hypnagogia showed me how unbelievably, compulsively, naturally, and irresistibly creative the mind becomes once it slips loose of conscious control. At times it felt as if my awareness was coming apart under the pressure of creative energy, like a thin cotton shirt under a fire hose.”
Grace Greenwald,
Woodworker, Educator
"I think a dream to an insomniac will always be a gift; and these dreams in the dream bed in particular felt so special to receive. It brought me right back, for the first time since, to a month-long period of full color."
Karen Van Kampen,
Science Journalist
"I dreamt of trees. Many kinds of trees from different points in my life, connecting me to places and events from another time. Since my at-home dream experiment, I haven’t looked at a tree the same."
John Bambery,
Actor, The Met Opera
"It quickly became impossible to dream as anything else but Hamlet. In addition to learning the entire text with little effort I found that my experiencing was more easy and truthful than I had ever felt before"
Paul Seli,
Professor, Duke University
“In dream states, we seem to be able to link things together that we normally wouldn’t connect, It’s like there’s an artist in my brain that I get to know through hypnagogia.”
Will Dowd,
Writer, Boston Globe
“For the past year, I used lines of poetry as seeds to guide my dreams. What bloomed was a garden of dreams wilder and stranger than any reading experience could have conjured.”
Nicolas Becker,
Oscar Winning Sound Designer
“The most impressive thing for me is the speed, super fast, 1/4 second images. And I feel I really needed it, like I was going in an unknown hard drive of my mind, and staying with what things I like. To check myself. With this experience you better understand the connections that make the world for you meaningful.”
Michael Clune,
Author, New Yorker
“My Dormio-assisted adventures in hypnagogia showed me how unbelievably, compulsively, naturally, and irresistibly creative the mind becomes once it slips loose of conscious control. At times it felt as if my awareness was coming apart under the pressure of creative energy, like a thin cotton shirt under a fire hose.”
For thousands of years, people have practiced dream incubation. We build on these traditions, using technology to boost your dream recall and help you actively shape the content of your dreams.
In our studies at MIT, we showed we can guide 92% of people to dream of a specific topic chosen before they went to bed.
Here's audio taken directly from one study in which we guided subjects to "dream of a fork"
Read about other dream accounts from people who have used Dormio.
And what if you could dream inside your favorite game?
Odell Beckham Jr.
Odell Beckham Jr.
In our collaboration with Xbox, OBJ used Targeted Dream Incubation to come up with new designs for Nike & Xbox.
In our collaboration with Xbox, OBJ used Targeted Dream Incubation to come up with new designs for Nike & Xbox.
Steve Saylor
Steve Saylor
Steve is vision impaired, and a gaming enthusiast. He used Targeted Dream Incubation to dream of being inside his favorite video game.
Steve is vision impaired, and a gaming enthusiast. He used Targeted Dream Incubation to dream of being inside his favorite video game.
Target Areas
Dust’s technologies are focused on three verticals.
Dreams for creative joy
For centuries we’ve known dreams can strike and give sudden creative inspiration. We’ve shown you can guide your dreams purposefully towards the challenges you’re working on now, and boost creativity.
Dreams for creativity
Dreams for mental health
The feelings we have in our dreams influence our waking mood. What if you could lower the stress and increase the joy you experience every night?
Dreams for mental health
Dreams for learning
Science has shown that what we dream about predicts what we remember the next day. Reactivating memories at night can influence what we forget and what we don’t. We’re building tools to make this process simple, and put it in your hands.
Dreams for learning
Target Areas
Dust’s technologies are focused on three verticals.
Dreams for creative joy
For centuries we’ve known dreams can strike and give sudden creative inspiration. We’ve shown you can guide your dreams purposefully towards the challenges you’re working on now, and boost creativity.
Dreams for creativity
Dreams for mental health
The feelings we have in our dreams influence our waking mood. What if you could lower the stress and increase the joy you experience every night?
Dreams for mental health
Dreams for learning
Science has shown that what we dream about predicts what we remember the next day. Reactivating memories at night can influence what we forget and what we don’t. We’re building tools to make this process simple, and put it in your hands.
Dreams for learning
Target Areas
Dust’s technologies are focused on three verticals.
Dreams for creative joy
For centuries we’ve known dreams can strike and give sudden creative inspiration. We’ve shown you can guide your dreams purposefully towards the challenges you’re working on now, and boost creativity.
Dreams for creativity
Dreams for mental health
Dreams for creativity
Dreams for learning
Dreams for creativity
Dream Collective
We’re constantly making new things in the name of research and culture change around dreams. These people make it happen.
We’re constantly making new things in the name of research and culture change around dreams. These people make it happen.
We’re constantly making new things in the name of research and culture change around dreams. These people make it happen.
Dr. Bob Stickgold
Dr. Bob Stickgold
Dr. Bob Stickgold
Professor of Psychiatry, Principal Investigator
Professor of Psychiatry, Principal Investigator
Professor of Psychiatry, Principal Investigator
Harvard Medical School, Center for Sleep and Cognition, Beth Israel Medical Center
Harvard Medical School, Center for Sleep and Cognition, Beth Israel Medical Center
Dr. Pattie Maes
Dr. Pattie Maes
Dr. Pattie Maes
Professor, Principal Investigator
Professor, Principal Investigator
Professor, Principal Investigator
MIT Media Lab, Fluid Interfaces Lab, Center for Neurobiological Engineering
MIT Media Lab, Fluid Interfaces Lab, Center for Neurobiological Engineering
Dr. David Eagleman
Dr. David Eagleman
Dr. David Eagleman
Guggenheim Fellow, Director
Guggenheim Fellow, Director
Guggenheim Fellow, Director
Stanford University, The Center for Science and Law, Inner Cosmos Podcast
Stanford University, The Center for Science and Law, Inner Cosmos Podcast
Dr. Leslie Ellis
Dr. Leslie Ellis
Dr. Leslie Ellis
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Inward Bound Counseling, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Author, “A Clinician's Guide to Dream Therapy”
Inward Bound Counseling, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Author, “A Clinician's Guide to Dream Therapy”
Dr. Michelle Carr
Dr. Michelle Carr
Dr. Michelle Carr
Professor, Principal Investigator, Dream Engineering Laboratory
Professor, Principal Investigator, Dream Engineering Laboratory
Professor, Principal Investigator, Dream Engineering Laboratory
University of Montreal, Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine.
University of Montreal, Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Westley Youngren
Dr. Westley Youngren
Dr. Westley Youngren
Principal Investigator, The Nocturnal Investigations of Traumatic Experiences (NITE) Lab
Principal Investigator, The Nocturnal Investigations of Traumatic Experiences (NITE) Lab
Principal Investigator, The Nocturnal Investigations of Traumatic Experiences (NITE) Lab
The University of Missouri - Kansas City
The University of Missouri - Kansas City
Dr. Karen Konkoly
Dr. Karen Konkoly
Dr. Karen Konkoly
Post-doctoral researcher, Cambridge University
Post-doctoral researcher, Cambridge University
Post-doctoral researcher, Cambridge University
Northwestern University Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Northwestern University Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Dr. Adam Haar Horowitz
Dr. Adam Haar Horowitz
Dr. Adam Haar Horowitz
Co-founder, DUST
Co-founder, DUST
Co-founder, DUST
Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab, Harvard Medical School Center for Sleep and Cognition
Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab, Harvard Medical School Center for Sleep and Cognition
Tomas Vega
Tomas Vega
Tomas Vega
Co-founder, DUST
Co-founder, DUST
Co-founder, DUST
MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Lab, Tactical Hybrid Ecologies Lab
MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Lab, Tactical Hybrid Ecologies Lab
THE EXTENDED NETWORK
THE EXTENDED NETWORK
THE EXTENDED NETWORK
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Experiences
We’re using dream science to build art and culture as well, because dreams are so much more than what we can measure in a lab.
We’re using dream science to build art and culture as well, because dreams are so much more than what we can measure in a lab.
We’re using dream science to build art and culture as well, because dreams are so much more than what we can measure in a lab.
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
The New Science of Controlling Dreams
“Engineering” sleeping consciousness could reduce nightmares, treat insomnia—and even induce specific dreams just for fun.
Scientific American
Article
Read more
The Interview: Carsten Höller & Adam Haar
The artist and the scientist are planning a new kind of sculpture – made of visitors’ dreams
ArtReview Magazine
Article
Read more
Scientists entered people’s dreams and got them ‘talking’
Dreaming experiments involved real-time conversations between sleepers and scientists
Science Magazine
Article
Read more
Night Shifts– Can technology shape our dreams?
A Harper's Magazine Article about a reporter's experience with Dormio, facilitated by Adam Haar Horowitz.
Harpers Magazine
Article
Read more
Dream engineering: Simulating worlds through sensory stimulation
A research paper exploring how sensory stimulation technologies, particularly those from Virtual Reality (VR), can be applied to sleep and dream engineering.
National Library of Medicine
Research Paper
Read more
Behind the Veil of Hypnogogic Sleep
Research on “creativity’s sweet spot” could inform treatments for people with nightmare disorders.
Harvard Medical Magazine
Article
Read more
Are advertisers coming for your dreams?
An article covering our involvement with the scientific community in combatting dream researching being used for advertising
Science Magazine
Article
Read more
See full list
The New Science of Controlling Dreams
“Engineering” sleeping consciousness could reduce nightmares, treat insomnia—and even induce specific dreams just for fun.
Scientific American
Article
Read more
The Interview: Carsten Höller & Adam Haar
The artist and the scientist are planning a new kind of sculpture – made of visitors’ dreams
ArtReview Magazine
Article
Read more
Scientists entered people’s dreams and got them ‘talking’
Dreaming experiments involved real-time conversations between sleepers and scientists
Science Magazine
Article
Read more
Night Shifts– Can technology shape our dreams?
A Harper's Magazine Article about a reporter's experience with Dormio, facilitated by Adam Haar Horowitz.
Harpers Magazine
Article
Read more
Dream engineering: Simulating worlds through sensory stimulation
A research paper exploring how sensory stimulation technologies, particularly those from Virtual Reality (VR), can be applied to sleep and dream engineering.
National Library of Medicine
Research Paper
Read more
Behind the Veil of Hypnogogic Sleep
Research on “creativity’s sweet spot” could inform treatments for people with nightmare disorders.
Harvard Medical Magazine
Article
Read more
Are advertisers coming for your dreams?
An article covering our involvement with the scientific community in combatting dream researching being used for advertising
Science Magazine
Article
Read more
See full list
Dream engineering: Simulating worlds through sensory stimulation
National Library of Medicine
Research Paper
Read more
The New Science of Controlling Dreams
Scientific American
Article
Read more
The Interview: Carsten Höller & Adam Haar
ArtReview Magazine
Article
Read more
Scientists entered people’s dreams and got them ‘talking’
Science Magazine
Article
Read more
Night Shifts– Can technology shape our dreams?
Harpers Magazine
Article
Read more
Behind the Veil of Hypnogogic Sleep
Harvard Medical Magazine
Article
Read more
Are advertisers coming for your dreams?
Science Magazine
Article
Read more
See full list
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Check out a library of projects that use our research.
Check out a library of projects that use our research.
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