Is Anyone Getting Any Sleep?

I've decided to do a little series on medical treatments, practices, etc of today. And today's topic is Sleep Apnea or is anyone getting any sleep? I had two friends tell me that they have recently been tested for Sleep Apnea which is a disorder where a person stops breathing for periods of time while they sleep. I heard the story of how they had to go to a sleep clinic and go through a sleep test for a diagnosis. Then on the TV show 'Little People Big World' the dad goes in for the same test and for the first time I started to get an idea of what the treatment is. It's a mask that the person wears when they are asleep - a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine. It certainly doesn't look like something that would help you get a better nights sleep.

The only statistic I could find was that 12 million Americans have from this problem, but I wonder how accurate this data can be given that most people who have it are unaware that they have it.

As a species are we on the path to becoming more Borg-like? Instead of jumping into bed and getting a good snooze will there be a point where we have to 'regenerate' and plug ourselves into machines?