ohgizmo.com - 4/15/2009
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By Andrew Liszewski
Believe it or not, the Game Boy is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and to commemorate the occasion, Technologizer has put together a list of some of the weirdest accessories, variations and tributes to the most popular handheld gaming device of all time. But ...
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technologizer.com - 4/15/2009
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technologizer.com —
When Nintendo released the original Game Boy twenty
years ago next week , wheels of capitalism and...
creativity immediately started turning in noggins across the globe. From artists mesmerized with the gaming gadget’s iconic status to inventors who saw ...
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Game Boy Oddities | Technologizer
coolest-gadgets.com - 4/20/2009
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coolest-gadgets.com —
What exactly are we looking at here? Is
someone doing a remake of City of Lost Children...
? No, this is the PediSedate, a Game Boy accessory that is designed to distract kids with portable electronic game playing while they are being sedated for ...
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PediSedate: Creepy, yet practical, use of Game Boy
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PediSedate: The Only Game Boy Accessory Designed to Drug Children [Bad Ideas]
Gizmodo —
... a nitrous oxide machine. It's called the PediSedate. Nope, nothing sketchy about this. The PediSedate was designed for dentists, allowing them to distract kids with video games while they were drugged in prep for oral surgery. But hey, why limit it to dentists? You could use this to sedate children for any number of reasons! And with a name like PediSedate, you get all sorts of great ideas right off the bat. I'm so surprised this never caught on. [PediSedate via Oh Gizmo!]
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PediSedate: Creepy, yet practical, use of Game Boy
Coolest Gadgets —
... that reads “distraction, comfort, and sedation”. For some reason, slogans like that always give me the creeps, sort of like the one describing the society of Brave New World: “Community, Identity, Stability”.
In all honesty, I’m not certain if you can get the PediSedate, but it definitely shouldn’t be purchased without a license. Apparently, this device is or was real, and many gadget blogs are reporting on it in celebration of Game Boy’s 20th anniversary.
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Strange and curious uses for a Game Boy
CrunchGear —
... 20 next week, and while you can’t legally drink yet, let’s take a look at the other strange and bizarre stuff you’ve been doing for the last two decades.
From huffing nitrous to almost being burnt to a crisp, it’s quite amazing what has happened to the humble little Game Boy. This is a great list of 13 really wacky applications of the little handheld that could. Who knew that an ugly hard to see green screen would go on for so long.
[via OhGizmo!]
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