A Glucose Meter Designed for Kids?
Posted on: Monday, December 10th, 2007 at 12:37 amYep! I just learned about the Glucoboy today.
From their web site:
The Glucoboy is the first blood glucose meter that has been designed specially for kids, adolescents and the young at heart.
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In addition to a stand-alone blood glucose meter, the Glucoboy contains 2 full length video games and a mini-arcade. To access the video games, the Glucoboy must be inserted into the cartridge slot on a Nintendo Game Boy® Advance System, or into the Game Boy® cartridge slot on a Nintendo DS.
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Seems like an interesting incentive, if you ask me… However, it would be amazing if it gave you credits too for running or other physical activity, since playing games will not precisely help with your blood sugars.
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December 10th, 2007 at 8:59 am
It may be preliminary, but at this point in time, it appears that readings are only displayed in the mmol/L standard used in much of Europe and Canada, rather than the mg/dL standard used in the U.S. They’ll need to fix that if they hope to sell it to American kids and/or their parents!