Inventions

Dreamachine

Electrical Engineering

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. "Dreamachine." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/inventions/dreamachine.

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Dreamachine. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/inventions/dreamachine

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@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-dreamachine,
  author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas},
  title = {Dreamachine},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/inventions/dreamachine},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

The Dreamachine, a contraction of Dream Machine, is a stroboscopic device invented in 1959 by the artist Brion Gysin and the mathematician Ian Sommerville. It produces flickering light at a set frequency that a viewer experiences with closed eyes, generating eidetic visual stimuli, meaning vivid patterned imagery seen entirely inside the mind rather than projected on any screen.

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