That appears to be more than a centimeter thick, and not particularly flexible. It's more like ski goggles than a sleep mask.

So yeah, a product exists that claims to be a sleep mask with these features. Maybe someone could even sleep while wearing that thing, as long as they sleep on their back and don't move around too much. I remain skeptical that it actually does the things it claims and has the battery life it claims. This is kickstarter after all. Regardless, this would qualify as the device in question for the article. Or at least inspiration for it.

Without evidence such as wireshark logs, programs, protocol documentation, I'm not convinced that any of this actually _happened_.