Gallery: Shadow: A Beautiful App That Tracks Your Dreams

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    Shadow is an app that helps you record and remember your dreams. At its most basic level, Shadow is an alarm clock that gradually wakes users up by increasing the volume and vibration. This allows users to gently rise from sleep, which increases the likelihood of them remembering their dreams. *Image: Shadow*
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    Once the alarm is deactivated, users are prompted to record their dreams either by voice or by typing text. This data is stored in a dream database and is used to visualize patterns and glean insight for you as an individual and for the world as a whole. *Image: Shadow*
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    The more you use the app, the more it learns about you as an individual. You can explore the content of other people's dreams, too, which can tell you if you and a friend both dreamed about the same thing. The goal is to make the largest dream database in the world. *Image: Shadow*
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    It also keeps track of your sleeping patterns. *Image: Shadow*
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    The app will transcribe your audio into text, pull out keywords and create a mini story with visualizations. *Image: Shadow*
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