Paging Dr. Hugo Pinero

Scientists have patented a “death test” that can tell people how long
they have left to live. The simple, non-invasive test is the first of
its kind in the world.

A painless laser pulse is applied to the surface of the skin through a wristwatch-style device. This measures how a person’s body will decline with age by analysing endothelial cells. These cells line the smallest blood vessels, capillaries, in our bodies and respond to complex activity elsewhere in the body.

Can’t see how there would be a market for this.  Who would want to know when they’re going to shuffle off?

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