Could this device induce lucid dreams?

I found a news article about the Sleeptracker the other day while doing some Google searches. It's a device you wear on your wrist while sleeping. It monitors your sleep cycles by keeping track of how much you move around. You set the time you'd like it to wake you up, in addition to a time window. For example, if you set the wake-up time as 7 am with a 20-minute time window, it will wake you up sometime between 6:40 am and 7 am. During this time interval, it waits until you're in the lightest stage of sleep. Then it wakes you up with a sound, a vibration, or both. The idea is that it's much easier and more pleasant to wake up when you're in the lightest stage of sleep. It also includes software that allows you download a complete record of each night's sleep cycles into your PC, so you can find out how long you're spending in different sleep stages.

The Sleeptracker Elite.

I thought this might be of interest to lucid dreamers. For one thing, the sleep data could be useful in figuring out when you're most likely to be having REM sleep. It might even be possible to use the Sleeptracker as a lucid-dream induction device. It could be an especially good alternative for people who find masks to be uncomfortable. To use the Sleeptracker for lucid-dream induction, you'd probably have to wrap tape or cloth around it to muffle the alarm somewhat so it wouldn't be likely to wake you up.

I might try contacting the manufacturer to see if they'd be interested in designing a version specifically for inducing lucid dreams. It would probably be a good idea to have a programmable delay between the time that the lightest sleep state is detected and the time the lucid-dream-induction signal is produced, because REM sleep begins immediately after the lightest sleep stage. At least I think that's how it works.

If you've tried the Sleeptracker or know anyone who has, I'd be interested in hearing how well it worked. Please e-mail me (john@dreamkoan.com) or leave a comment on this post.