Imagine if an iPhone could not only track your daily activities, but also record what happens while you sleep.
While it may sound far-fetched, the fact is that the iPhone is equipped with a series of sensors that allow it to capture certain aspects of the user's dreams.
Multiple built-in sensors help iPhone read users' dreams?
Sensors like the microphone and accelerometer help the iPhone record when the user moves or wakes up. With modern technology, the iPhone can detect their movements with high accuracy. In the future, these sensors could be improved to not only detect physical movement but also record the small, nearly imperceptible movements that occur during sleep stages. This means the device could determine when the user is in deep sleep, light sleep, or moving due to a nightmare.
Additionally, the iPhone’s microphone can also pick up ambient sounds like whispers while a user sleeps, providing additional information about the content of a user’s dreams. But can the iPhone actually “read” what a user is dreaming about? Neuroscience research suggests that body movements and variations in brain activity can be directly related to the content of dreams. If the iPhone can collect this data, it would not be far-fetched to make interpretations based on observed patterns.
Improve your sleep cycle with iPhone
The iPhone's sensors can also analyze other factors that affect sleep quality, such as breathing and heart rate, through integration with the Apple Watch. Combined with artificial intelligence (AI), this data can create a map of what's going on in a user's brain at night, even predicting nightmares or moments of anxiety.
These sensors also provide data that helps users improve their sleep.
The iPhone can generate a detailed report of the user's sleep cycle and make recommendations to improve the quality of sleep. If the user frequently wakes up at night, the device can suggest relaxation techniques. Conversely, if the user has a lot of nightmares, the iPhone can show them ways to reduce stress before bed.
However, we are still a long way from having a phone that can interpret dreams like an expert, especially when the ethical issues surrounding the use of this data also need to be considered. But the iPhone's ability to provide deeper insight into our dreams is becoming more and more feasible.
This information was first published in Bite Apple, promising to surprise users with what technology can do for our sleep.
