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So drinkers, smokers and sunbed users can have the pain or the pleasure of seeing exactly what they will look like in the future.

It’s the brainchild of university graduate Jeremiah Alexander, who set up his own games company, Ideonic, in Middlesbrough, and uses advanced facial recognition, similar to that used by the CIA and security organisations around the world.

The new technology, which got an airing on Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies programme, could be used to promote healthier lifestyles, and has already been signed up to the social networking site Facebook.