App to manipulate dreams

Here's another odd technology thing I've found on my travels, take a look

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17665589
http://www.dreamonapp.com/

Essentially, it is an app that seeks to control your dreams.
It's interesting to me and my work because it is a complete opposite to how my work works at the moment.
Let me explain, my work has been about the direct contrast between daily life and sleep. You can control your day as much as your wish, but dreams are not controllable, or so I thought.
It is an Iphone app that you set what you want to dream about, for example cats, you then set it next to your bed, and it will send out cat sounds every so often, using it's knowledge of sleep patters.
Now, I am aware of 'lucid dreaming' which is when you attempt to control your dreams by making yourself aware that you are dreaming (more info here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream)
So really, the app is just an extension of lucid dreaming, but it would appear that it happens in a more precise way, and requires little, if any mental process from you.
I am interested to try it, although I don't have an Iphone, so that makes it a little difficult, maybe I could just invent a makeshift version of my own?

My details for the show

Just finished writing my details for the show, which opens a week today, how exciting! I am happy with what they say, just hoping they get a good reception now.

Work Description

Paper, biro, coloured felt pen and wire

160cm x 80cm

Balancing act

An extract from an observation period of two months, the piece displays strong links between waking and dream life. The piece illustrates the delicate balance of conscious, controlled decisions made in waking life, and the untameable nature of our dreams.

Artist Statement

 My medium is in transition; I do not have a particular tool that I feel tethered too. During this project, I have experimented with handwritten text, a medium we are beginning to see less and less as we progress though the digital age. I constantly feel overwhelmed with high-tech devices, so the handwritten diary entries began when I wished to uncover how much technology was influencing my life. The work soon took on a life of its’ own, and was spurred on when I introduced my dream recollections, alongside the daily entries. I have always been influenced by the unpredictable nature of dreams and how they can influence our waking lives.  Dreams are mysterious and bewildering, they can bewilder yet instil ideas simultaneously, and they refuse to be controlled. I have found that whilst you can control waking life, as much as you desire, a dream cannot be tamed. My study has been influenced by sleep patterns, psychoanalysis and Freud’s writing ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’.  I believe a dream is just a different way to think, a channel to process thoughts, interaction and daily events, without interruption. We underestimate the importance of dreaming.

We start to put the show up on Monday, I can't wait to see my work hung up.

Images of this terms work

You may have noticed that I haven't actually shown my work for my uni project for this term. Don't worry, here are a few images to give you an idea of what I've been doing- allow me to explain...
 The idea behind the project came from getting a new phone at Christmas, a Blackberry, with internet access and instant messaging. I had never had a phone connected to the internet before, and was finding the email and Facebook notifications overwhelming and intrusive in my daily life. It was then I had the idea to write down every time my phone went off, to try and monitor exactly how much the technology was influencing my day to day life. The project snowballed from there, and soon I was writing down, and colour coding every part of my routine. It became and overview of my life, especially when I began involving my dreams, that started because I  was concious of the fact that my phone is always near me, including when I am asleep.
Have a look at the images, (they are photocopies from the diary I was keeping) and see what you think. The work may need some more explaining, but for now, here it is.