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There’s a brand new watch on the market, but not one that you might want to rush out and buy. It’s the Death Watch!!! Yes that’s right. It’s actually called the Tikker and is supposed to be able to predict the time of your death. Right down to the last second.

It gives you a health quiz, asking questions such as how much exercise you take, how healthy is your diet, whether you drink or  smoke. It also asks for information on your current state of health and what other illnesses may be in your family such as diabetes, heart conditions, cancer. Then from all of this information, it calculates how long you will live. On the face of the watch it gives you years, months and days followed by hours minutes and seconds, so you can literally count down the seconds to your death!!!

It sounds a bit scary but the idea is to make you more aware of the amount of time you have left on this planet and to make the most of it.  On the plus side it does also tell the correct time so you can use it as a real watch as well. It is very much a gimmick, but think I’ll give it a miss. How scary would it be if it said next week!!!

On a brighter note, an apple a day really does keep the doctor away. Recent studies have shown that apples contain a particular chemical that could help prevent obesity. Not just any old apple though, it has to be a Granny Smith. All those diet pills and an apple could have done it all!!! Maybe a few extra apples will add a few extra years on to the Tikker too.