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Net Connected Dream Inducer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the remember-when-we-had-to-hunt-to-survive dept.

Chudmorph writes "Philips is developing some odd thing they call Nebula. In a nutshell, it's "an interactive projection system designed to enrich the experience of going to bed, sleeping and waking up." "The system consists of a ceiling projector linked via the Internet to a database of content. The content consists of just about anything ranging from an alarm clock, to clouds, and even poetry." This thing even responds to body movements! " Here's a review, but I gotta believe that this is a joke.

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  1. I dunno... by interiot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most of my life is already commercialized, I don't know if I want to concede my bedtime too... (you just know they're going to pull an OnStar)

  2. I know I'm an idiot... by lavaforge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But how does this work if my eyes are closed?

  3. Camera? by damiam · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Presumably if this thing can sense your movements, it's got a camera of some kind. Do you really want a net-connected camera pointing at your bed?

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  4. Aaaah, imagine the possibilities... by melvin22 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Remember Clockwork Orange? Can you imagine what could happen if someone inserted nice little messages like the ones in the movie into your "dream machine".

  5. Yay!!!! by jessh · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Now they can insert advertisements into our dreams.