Fun with Blood Sugar
Tthe Glucoboy is a game cartridge that doubles as a blood glucose testing device for child diabetics. One need only prick one’s finger and provide the Glucoboy with a fresh blood sample to play the game. According to the Glucoboy site, “blood glucose test results are converted into Glucose Reward Points (GRPs) that can be used to unlock games, or converted to in game currency.” So the more you bleed, the more you win. Sounds like fun — I just hope they don’t combine it with Pokémon. “Gotta catch ‘em all” indeed.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
fake,
the video from the them shows the kid “tripping out” on his hand while he’s sedated, which a real firm would not have left in.
second, it claims a patent which has nothing to do with the pedisedate. http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6697363
April 14th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
well, the end of the video lists a different patent, which actually seems to be about an inhalation device.
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT5697363
so. I guess that lends some legitimacy to the thing.
Still the trippy hand thing seems a pretty weird thing to include in the video about it being a great medical tool.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
yeahhhhh … thats what i am talking about
http://abhi.com.np/blog/
April 30th, 2009 at 4:04 am
would be a very cool trick to get more japanese buyers. janome is the leading brand in all of asia I think. for me, who loves nintendo’s handhelds and my sewing machines are smiling when seeing this. true or not, awesome idea!
May 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
You forgot the gameboy fishfinder…
http://www.gamersgraveyard.com/repository/gameboy/peripherals/pocketsonar.html
June 7th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I used to have the gum package, those were some memories.
July 11th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I am 101% sure I have seen the see-through game boys in Denmark, even in different colours as mentioned.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I stumbled into this page, which at first glance, appeared like something I wanted to read… then I discovered the first page was already over, and there were seven more like it. I then pressed “Stumble” again.
I hope you’ve learned your lesson.
August 15th, 2009 at 11:44 am
yeah i saw this when i went to NYC a few weeks ago. I’m sure if it was a game boy pocket it wouldn’t have made it, those original game boys are like solid bricks.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Heh–the ones commenting on the see-through GB. Notice that the one shown is a *back-lit* original GB (they just happened to get the clear case version for the pic).
The sewing machine one is kind of neat. The race-radio one…interesting, and for some reason reminds me of the old TV Tuner add-on for the Game Gear. The glucose tester thing…interesting, but a a bad idea, I think–if nothing else, it’d encourage the kid to stick themselves way too often. :-/
As far as the Pedisedate…frankly, you’ve got it completely bass-ackwards, unfortunately. It isn’t a Game Boy addon as such. It’s a sedative inhaler for children that can have pretty much any handheld or music player attached to it (which if you would have seen if you actually read the site you linked to) to distract the kid from the process of being sedated–not sure about the technical aspects, but I’m presuming the only reason there’s even a hookup at all is because they figured they might as well put headphones in the set along with the inhaler ’snorkel’. Also keep in mind this in no way, shape, or form a general consumer item, either–it’s meant entirely for licensed medical practitioners only.
September 17th, 2009 at 5:54 am
Another oddity: The Finnish musician Huoratron composes and plays his songs on two modified Nintendo Gameboys.
http://www.myspace.com/huoratron
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
thanks for this post, really good..
October 4th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Wow, I think that game boy lose in the market many year ago.
October 4th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Thank for this story.. Why it has 14 page , it is difficult to read.
November 7th, 2009 at 3:47 am
I used to own a digital game boy watch (I was about 7). I was shaped like a game boy with all the buttons and had one racing game built into it, and a digital alarm.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Wow I found one on ebay :) http://tinyurl.com/y9ok7nx – good to see a photo, was quite a cool gadget back in the day.