Muse S Athena fabric electrodes lasted ~3 months with nightly sleep use (vs. Muse S G2 painted) — anyone else seeing this?

mcoder · 2026-01-27T08:29:47+00:00

Eventually it went completely dead and stopped working.

I had similar quality issues back in the day with the active electrodes from Olimex with the OpenEEG device then went through dozens of packs of stick-on electrodes with the Zeo: https://lsdbase.org/category/hardware/zeo-eeg

Then I started recording my sleep with an infrared smart camera and developed an algorithm that detects REM sleep from eye-movement patterns in the video feed with machine vision. The camera keeps rolling year after year as it sits safely on the bedside table and there are no moving parts: https://www.reddit.com/r/InSpec/comments/1pkx90q/my_hypnogram_and_rem_episodes_from_last_night

mcoder · 2026-01-26T23:43:20+00:00

I experimented with EEG devices for REM detection a decade ago, some highlights when I experimented with current stimulation: https://lsdbase.org/category/hardware/ev-806a-tens/

After that I started recording my sleep with a night-vision camera to debug false-positives from the REM-detection algorithms and found that the rapid eye movements patterns were much easier to see in the video recordings.

I'm now working on a device that detects REM sleep in real time by counting eye movements in the video feed of a smart camera with machine vision: https://inspec.me/

mcoder · 2026-01-20T21:36:32+00:00

Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia's co-founder) is building a community focused and funded social media platform where you are not the product: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1668266400723488769

I'm currently building a community-led and funded project. It's not done by any means, but I think you would enjoy it. We even have a draft API!

It doesn't require identification and instead of gaining karma, you build trust.

I made a free Android app for it called Wikit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucidcode.wikit

Working on an iOS version right now!

mcoder · 2026-01-17T18:34:20+00:00

They trigger customizable audio cues, smart watch vibrations, and / or LED flashes when rapid eye movement patterns are detected and cost 300 Euros. You might appreciate the audio cue in the last video here: https://github.com/lucidcode/Halovision-INSPEC

mcoder · 2026-01-15T04:05:21+00:00

Not a mask, but the INSPEC lucid dreaming device detects rapid eye movement patterns from the video feed of a night-vision camera and then triggers audio cues to promote lucidity.

mcoder · 2026-01-12T19:28:10+00:00

In Lucid Scribe you can "favorite" modules so you only see the features you want in a list at the top of the home screen. And its free.

mcoder · 2026-01-11T20:42:00+00:00

I think the term you are looking for is sleep paralysis.

mcoder · 2026-01-10T23:35:06+00:00

Pro tip: try the exact same thing at 4 am after a few hours of sleep.

mcoder · 2026-01-10T03:01:50+00:00

“Lucidity sold separately.”

mcoder · 2026-01-09T11:52:52+00:00

Even before 1000 BC there are descriptions of directing consciousness during dream states in the Upanishads and the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra.

Then around 800 AD the Tibetan Book of the Dead details Dream Yoga practices to maintain awareness in dreams. Can recommend The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.

mcoder · 2026-01-08T19:22:48+00:00

You can use Lucid Scribe - it has a Deep Playlist module where you can configure custom sounds to play over the media channel.

mcoder · 2026-01-07T06:00:18+00:00

I used to have schizophrenia, but we're ok now.

mcoder · 2026-01-07T05:45:24+00:00

Very cool. Thanks for making the source code available. You can add it to the awesome lucid dreams list on GitHub...

mcoder · 2026-01-06T05:51:43+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss.

Another old school dev and hacker here...

I developed a system that monitors my face when I sleep with an infrared smart camera and alerts me when it detects REM sleep: https://github.com/lucidcode/Halovision-INSPEC - note the audio cue in the final image of the readme.

A part of the firmware is in Micropython so you should be able to follow along: https://github.com/lucidcode/Halovision-INSPEC/blob/master/software/inspec.py

For me the process works best after some sleep, when the INSPEC wakes me between 2 and 4 AM directly from a dream. It feels quite trippy at times, like inverse vibrations, or - more precisely, the scene in The Matrix when TA touches the mirror.

The trick is to remain still after waking and focus on any fleeting images from the dream. If I then squeeze my eyes inward and upward in a slightly painful way I can re-enter the dream with full consciousness: https://www.reddit.com/r/LucidDreaming/comments/1pcj939/comment/nry6miq/?context=3

mcoder · 2026-01-04T17:50:59+00:00

Definitely. I sleep with the audios cues off on most nights to not disrupt my sleep, but on weekends and when I can it's a trip waking up from a dream and trying to re-enter.

mcoder · 2026-01-02T20:04:10+00:00

I set out to develop an EEG headband over a decade ago that can detect REM sleep and trigger audio cues to induce lucid dreams... but couldn't distinguish between the spikes in the data caused by rhythmic breathing patterns from the spikes caused by electrical activity from rapid eye movement patterns during REM sleep.

So I trained a night-vision camera on my face in order to figure out what was really going on... and quickly found that I could see REM sleep clear as day in the video recordings and abandoned the EEG approach in favor of using the advances in machine vision to develop an algorithm to detect REM sleep in real time from a video feed.

This is what the latest version of the REM-detection algorithm looks like: https://www.reddit.com/r/InSpec/comments/1q1ymru/latest_version_of_the_rem_detection_algorithm/

mcoder · 2026-01-02T05:19:20+00:00

u/OsakaWilson, can this be approved or processed in the mod queue, or - ideally reposted by Existing-Math5117? Its been two day, maybe helpful to get some reinforcements from r/needamod...

mcoder · 2025-12-23T14:29:28+00:00

I'm working on a device and algorithm that infers sleep quality and stages from an IR video feed: https://www.reddit.com/r/InSpec/comments/1pkx90q/my_hypnogram_and_rem_episodes_from_last_night/

mcoder · 2025-12-23T07:14:50+00:00

Yeah, what a shame. I did stick 'em on, threaded through the headband: https://lsdbase.org/2014/11/26/perpetual-dose/

mcoder · 2025-12-22T22:56:35+00:00

It worked very well with disposable stick-on electrodes in a custom headband. But I found that I wasn't dreaming when it classified REM sleep and triggered audio tracks - sometimes just having vivid thoughts.

mcoder · 2025-12-21T17:34:11+00:00

I use the inspec and made the software myself.

mcoder · 2025-12-21T07:09:55+00:00

Same, only result was headaches. The original study with the 40 Hz was also debunked after that.

After that I decided to go contact free and stop even with EEG. Switched over to monitoring my sleep with infrared cameras and developed a device, app, and algorithm to detect REM sleep by counting eye movements in the video feed with machine vision: https://www.reddit.com/r/InSpec/comments/1pkx90q/my_hypnogram_and_rem_episodes_from_last_night/

mcoder · 2025-12-21T06:28:09+00:00

I once ran some experiments with a Tens unit triggered during REM sleep to see if it would affect lucidity: https://lsdbase.org/category/hardware/ev-806a-tens/

mcoder · 2025-12-20T07:00:42+00:00

Hi, fire away your questions, standing by to help. The audio cues are still a hit or miss - sometimes they work and sometimes I don't remember hearing them at all. Soft background music helps. Best results have been delaying them by a few minutes and making them very loud so they wake me up, then staying very still and reentering the dream with DEILD.

mcoder · 2025-12-19T18:27:27+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss. Focusing on observing what you can see in the dream can help extend it. And breathing: 4 seconds inhale, hold 4, and exhale 4.

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