Diabetes Is No Fun-But It Can Be a Game

摘要

Luke Wessel was four years old when he figured out how to hide the glucose meter his parents used to monitor his diabetes. He associated the device with uncomfortable finger pricks needed to test his blood sugar, so he hid the meter under rugs or beneath his mattress. "It was like an Easter egg hunt every day," says his father, Paul Wessel, an inventor and entrepreneur. In contrast, Luke treasured his Nintendo Game Boy-which gave his dad an idea: How about a video game that would reward Luke for every drop of blood he drew?