Smart Headband Promises Better Dreams and Improved Sleep

There are never enough hours in a day, our over-connected culture often says. But connected devices worn nightly do not aim to lengthen our days with more tasks; instead, they help us optimize the hours we do sleep, and thus improve the quality of our working and playing hours.

For some, better sleep is achieved through lucid dreaming, or being aware that you are dreaming, an experience said to lower stress and improve performance at tasks you "practice" in dreams.

Lucid dreaming is explored and encouraged through conferences and online forums, and now, gadgets. The Aurora headband, from iWinks, debuted on Kickstarter this month and has already raised double its goal Read more...