Glucoboy Rewards Diabetics With GBA Fun

Thanks to Joystick101 for pointing to a news piece discussing the in-development Glucoboy add-on for the GameBoy Advance. According to the article, "Glucoboy is a glucose meter that can be inserted into a Nintendo GameBoy. The product operates independent of the video game system, but downloads video game programs that are contained within its circuitry into the GameBoy as a reward for maintaining good blood sugar control." The product hopes to help children with diabetes monitor their condition better, and the creator comments that his son "...always knew where his GameBoy was, but he always seemed to misplace his Glucometer."

Comments

This sounds awesome

[Sevn]

Good work Nintendo!

Now get to work on FapperBoy and JelloshotBoy.

Re:(SARCASTIC VOICE) This sounds awesome

[Sevn]

Or, testing it out on family pets for more free games. Don't forget about that.

Re:As an actual diabetic...

[glassesmonkey]

diabetic testing is killer app for the whole bio-tech industry (the other ones being DNA chips, STD chips, biological chemical testing chips). When they get lab on chip and micro-needles and disposable silicon chips that can measure blood sugar the industry will be ready to explode. But, it's one of the first hurdles.

What's next...

[Leffe]

...a GameBoy that injects glucose when you do well in the game?

This idea is not bad though, rewards are what keeps the soceity going.

Neato!!

[Jhonny]

Amazing the things they can come up with! Now Game boys can check Glucose levels! Wont parents be thrilled! They just love us playing our game boys. At least now kids can get away with it!I can see it now.... " Billy bop, get off the game boy already"! " But Mom I'm checking my glucose and its going reeeealllly slow"!

I thought of it first

[m0smithslash]

A while back there was an article about a gloucose power cell and I predicted the "GloucoseBoy". See it here

I can just see the next generation of GameBoy ... Introducing the Nintendo "GlucoseBoy". Never worry about changing batteries again. There is a "leech" attachment included in the controls that painlessly extracts the needed glucose from the person playing the game. There is even an indicator showing if you have enough glucose or if you need to eat some more. Of course, it could be the beginnings of the Matrix: automated machines living off the heat/energy produced by there human power sources.