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Permalink Reply by glcmd1 on December 3, 2012 at 10:54am

Great IDEA !!!

Go ahead, and if you can merge with some kind of game that will play after the measurement this will be more than perfect !!!

Permalink Reply by Chuck Lin on December 3, 2012 at 10:59am

Would you be willing to help with translation to Portuguese?

Permalink Reply by glcmd1 on December 3, 2012 at 11:20am

OF COURSE I DO. Manoel, My KID (9y/o), who is Type 1 since age 1, can read perfectly English, Spanish and Portuguese. So WE can HELP you in both translations (as you wish).

Permalink Reply by jzflag on December 3, 2012 at 11:54am

I love this idea!!!!!

Permalink Reply by glcmd1 on December 3, 2012 at 12:03pm

We Will be waiting...

Manoel is the one with TYPE-1

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Lin on December 3, 2012 at 12:31pm

One of the big features of this app is the reward system. Most video games have a "badge" reward system where kids can see all the badges they have earned". To keep the encouragement going, there must be a continuous stream of rewards.

Please help me create a list of possible reward criteria for example

"Hat Trick" - Three consecutive good readings
"Short Circuit" - Used the app 5 days in a row

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by glcmd1 on December 3, 2012 at 12:38pm

Will Discuss with MANOEL tonight and I will let yo know !!!

He already helped designing a computer game...

Permalink Reply by Chuck Lin on December 3, 2012 at 12:57pm

Thank you! I'll put his name in the credits! In fact, I'll put everyone who contribute in the credits.

Permalink Reply by Felix on December 3, 2012 at 4:09pm

Hi Chuck

I have been thinking about something similar for a good while. I'm working on point 3. setting up an automatic email/ text system to transfer bs readings. This is possible partly at the moment using the ibgstar blood sugar reader but the problem is the reading is not automatically transferred as it is taken. I have asked sanofi to consider upgrading the iphone app to allow the user to choose an automatic receiver once the blood sugar reading is taken but no luck so far. It would be absolutely incredible if this could be enabled because it would allow us to assist with coordinating with our sons care when we are not in direct location ie in school, at friends, relations etc. If is was combined with any of the location apps it could also be a really useful beacon in case a low reading was registered.

best of luck

Permalink Reply by Jen on December 3, 2012 at 6:04pm

Its a terrific idea. The only downside I see is that giving badges based purely on good measurements may have the opposite effect and cause bad feelings. Afterall, sometimes despite doing everything "right" all diabetics are going to have bad numbers at times. I know my daughter would be discouraged if she was hoping for a badge of some sort and didn't get it because she had a reading out of range :( That being said, if there was a way it could help to spot trends or teach children how to look for trends that would be helpful as well.

Permalink Reply by Chuck Lin on December 3, 2012 at 6:28pm

We can give multiple badges. For example, we can give a badge for completing 3 measurements in that day, but in addition they can get a second badge for 3 good readings.
I occasionally ( ok more than occasionally ) play Black Ops 2 on the playstation and they give out multiple badges to each player at the end of each game. It would be fun if the child can received 10-20 badges each day with a variety of 50+ possible badges. They can try to collect all the badges and have a goal to work towards. The system could find some thing about every measurement to give a badge.
I'm thinking of:
"That's Odd": Three odd numbered reading in a row
"Even Steven": Three even numbered readings in a row
"Palindrome" : 121, 202, 88, 99, etc
"Crazy 8s": 88
"Right on Target": a reading between 80-100
"Bullseye": 100mg/dL

if the child tests 88mg/dL, he/she might receive the following badges: Palindrome, Right on Target, Crazy 8s

I would like to get at least 50 and reach a target of 100 different badges.

Permalink Reply by jess32 on December 4, 2012 at 10:13am

I think this would be a great idea! My child is 11 and he doesn't really like the little kid stuff anymore. So I know in order for him to use it,it would need to be geared more towards his age group. I also think his age group is the the time children start resisting caring for their disease, because they just want to normal. So any incentive would be awesome.

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