GlucoBoy blood-sugar testing game finally ships

Posted Dec 7th 2007 8:20AM by Nilay Patel
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

We first noticed the GlucoBoy blood-sugar testing game for the Game Boy Advance way back in 2004, but it's taken three years for inventor Paul Wessel to get the necessary approval from Nintendo to start manufacturing the game. Targeted at kids with juvenile diabetes, the device rewards timely testing and target blood sugar levels by doling out points that can be used to unlock 2 full length games and 3 additional mini-arcade games, and kids can share point totals and high scores on a related website called GRIP. GlucoBoy is now available in Australia, but the company hopes to have wider availability soon.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: diabetes, game boy advance, GameBoyAdvance, glucoboy, health, medicine

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