The Institute

Who we are

We are a dedicated group of citizen scientists passionate about improving sleep and dreams. Our team includes both experienced sleep researchers and newcomers to the field. By embracing a citizen science approach, we aim to bridge the gap between academic sleep and dream research and everyday users.

Our mission

Our mission is to ensure everyone enjoys the best possible sleep and dream experience. We conduct our own scientific investigations, support external research, educate the public on improving sleep quality, and translate the latest breakthroughs in sleep and dream research into practice.

Why non-profit

Following a non-profit model in the realm of sleep and dream technologies is crucial to placing public well-being at the forefront of innovation. By prioritizing ethical development and accessibility, non-profit initiatives prevent data exploitation and ensure that technological advancements benefit everyone. This approach fosters collaborative research efforts and promotes unbiased exploration in the field. Our commitment to a non-profit ethos is inspired by notable successes such as Wikipedia, underscoring the transformative impact of ethical, community-driven initiatives.

How to get involved

Join us and become a citizen scientist in the field of sleep and dream technologies. Attend our online or offline meetings to engage with the community. Use our app to track and enhance your sleep and dreams. Contribute your skills in coding, writing, research, and more. Write your academic thesis with our support. Participate in our sleep and dream experiments.

We are active in four areas

Ideation

Imagining new sleep and dream technologies

  • Generating ideas about the future sleep and dreaming is step one. The institute participates in conferences and workshops, searches for new sleep and dream technology ideas on the internet, in science fiction books and movies and conducts idea competitions. Ethical considerations are also part of this activity field.

Prototyping

Finding ways to bring the ideas to life

  • Designing, developing, coding, building tools and methods is the second activity field of the institute, step by step moving closer to the new technologies. Often, seemingly insurmountable challenges exist for which a solution needs to be found somehow. Making the impossible possible, you could say.

Research

Understanding sleep and dreaming better

  • The new tools and methods, which are developed in the second activity field, are used in scientific studies about sleep and dreaming in order to understand these phenomena better. The institute cooperates with researchers from many other institutions and publishes the study results together with them.

Application

Making the new techs available for everyone

  • Many scientific sleep and dream experiments take place in sleep laboratories, need expensive equipment and skilled personell. The institute wants to bring the new technologies, which it invents, to the "real world" so that everyone can benefit from them at home. This also includes usability tests of new tools and methods.