adam haar horowitz crafts devices that turn sleep state into space for design and creativity

"Dormio is a glove fitted with biosensors that monitors the body's transition from waking into sleep, targeting the hypnagogic state where associative thought flourishes. This state is characterized by ideas that are fluid and not constrained by logic."

"In the past, artists like Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison used physical objects to capture the hypnagogic state. Dormio modernizes this approach by utilizing biosensors to detect sleep onset and guide the creative process."

"When Dormio detects that the person wearing it is entering sleep onset, a connected app plays a pre-recorded audio cue, steering the individual's thoughts and enhancing their creative potential during this unique state."

Dormio is a device designed to monitor the transition from waking to sleep, focusing on the hypnagogic state where creative thought flourishes. Developed by Adam Haar Horowitz and his team at MIT's Fluid Interfaces Lab, Dormio uses biosensors to detect sleep onset. When this state is reached, an app plays audio cues to guide thoughts, enhancing creativity and artistic exploration. This innovative approach builds on historical methods used by artists like Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison to capture the unique ideas generated during this transitional phase.

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