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Surfer’s Paradise

Dream at Surfers Paradise
After a legendary night with no sleep for 36 hours except a few brief naps in the early morning. Very weak REM can be seen for around 20 minutes, but it did not play the track nor were any dreams recalled. REM rebound as experienced last week was not to be had. 

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Dreamed Halt
The track played at the onset of REM but it did not feel like I was dreaming or even asleep. I was conscious and knew what was going on around me and then heard the music. 

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Dreamed Out

Dreamed out
Only a minute of very subtle REM was recorded after the night with all the dreams. 

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Walkabout
Upon returning to civilization after 2 months in the Outback and travelling for 48 hours without sleep a total of 109 minutes of REM were recorded with the longest dream lasting 52 minutes and taking the new high score. The track played repeatedly, but the effect went unnoticed in the dreams, save for the brief interruption of blinking seen at the end of the minute above. Just before waking up a dream of 22 minutes was recorded and recalled upon awaking. 

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Faint REM

Weak Rapid Eye Movement
The REM was too faint again and snuck past the algorithm this time. Around 16 blinks can be seen in the featured minute. 

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Insomnia

Insomnia
I drank an entire energy drink in the evening. I have not had one in many years and could not sleep as a result. The FM reading, which usually has the heartbeat averaging at around 300, can be seen idling between 600 and 800 in the minute above. 

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Lucid Dreaming
I experimented with a slightly different position of the sensors in the halograph. Although the eye movements are a lot weaker than normal, they were luckily just strong enough for the algorithm to detect. 12 blinks can be seen in the minute above when the track was almost seamlessly integrated into the dream. 

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Wake Back To Bed - WBTB
I fell asleep with the halograph idling on the bed post and only put it on when I woke up at 0430. REM started within 7 minutes of lying down again. This demonstrates the effectiveness of the wake-back-to-bed technique. Around 10 erratic eye movements can be seen in the minute above. 

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Toddler Heartbeat at Rest
My first-born son has been asking for his turn to try the halograph. As a natural lucid dreamer I believe he is more intrugued by the idea of hearing “uncle” Tiesto, his favorite DJ, spin in his dreams than by inducing lucidity. 

I can’t see any distinct rapid eye movements in the recording, but got some good heart rate measurements. A very rough observation from looking at just two minutes; my heart beats at a rate of 50 BPM whereas his heart manages 74 BPM at rest.

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Heartbeat

Heartbeat Graph
No dreams that I can remember, only a good, clean heartbeat reading; 50 beats can be seen in the minute featured above. 

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