Thursday, July 3, 2014

Can your face reveal how long you’ll live? New technology may provide the answer.

Researchers are working on technology that will look at the way a person's face has aged so far to estimate how it may age in the future. (Nicki DeMarco/The Washington Post)



 July 2 at 1:59 PM
Imagine that an insurance underwriter comes to your house and, along with noting your weight and blood pressure, snaps a photo of your face. And that those wrinkles, mottled spots and saggy parts, when fed into a computer, could estimate how long you will live.