Turn Real Life Into a Role-Playing Game With GreenGoose Sensors

If a longer, more comfortable life isn’t enough motivation for you to make health-conscious decisions, why not turn the tasks into a game? That’s what San-Francisco startup GreenGoose plans to with its innovative lifestyle tracking platform. The company recently raised $100,000 in funding to build the platform, which uses wireless sensors attached to household objects such as a water bottle, toothbrush, or vitamin container.
GreenGoose’s service doesn’t just track the number of times each week you pick up your toothbrush; the service is part of a points-based game based on the number of healthy activities you perform. GreenGoose has developed adhesive sensors for bottles and containers, a credit-card sized pedometer, and toothbrush sensor, all which communicate with a base station attached to a broadband router. At the moment, the points you earn are not worth anything, but GreenGoose is currently developing an API and seeking partners to help develop the program.
For parents, GreenGoose could be one way to teach your kids proper lifestyle habits and encourage them to stay healthy. For seniors, it could be an enjoyable way to keep up with your medications and stay active.
And, for gamers, a level 50 Health Overlord could be only a few miles of exercise and days of flossing away!
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(hattip: Engadget)