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Originally Posted by danielf
That's just a bog standard EEG cap. This research was done using FMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) which involves lying in a full body scanner (which is rather claustrophobic, and somewhat restrictive as it doesn't agree with metal objects very well).
If you happen to suffer from insomnia, you can read the original article here
The abstract is enough to put you to sleep
Edit: Currently, the device is more likely to look like this:
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Well very hard to do anything but doze off in that...So how does one do anything remotely like work when in one of those?It can't really be a truly fair test as most mind numbing jobs involve being upright to a degree.
I think that it definitely needs more research and definitely more funding.
<insert tongue in cheek smiley here>
Better still give the money to me and I'll prove it by actually reading the research..I guarantee I'll be asleep before the end of the first paragraph even on my feet.