Google Ventures' Bill Maris says humans could live for 500 YEARS

Google Ventures' Bill Maris said he thinks humans can live to 500 years old This will be due to medical breakthroughs and a rise in biomechanics Google's director of engineering Ray Kurzweil previously said we'd be uploading our brains to machines by 2045 Google Ventureshas invested in genetics firms and cancer startups Tech giant also set up Calico - anti-ageing research and development labs Mr Maris said: 'We have the tools to achieve anything that you have the audacity to envision. I just hope to live long enough not to die' But professor Sir Colin Blakemore believes there's a limit on human life Neurobiologist believes 120 years might be an absolute to human lifespan This is because living for longer is so rarely exceeded that even with medical advances, it is unlikely this threshold will be raised

By Victoria Woollaston for MailOnline

Published: 10:20 EST, 9 March 2015 | Updated: 10:47 EST, 9 March 2015

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In an interview with Bloomberg, Google Ventures' president Bill Maris (pictured) said he thinks it's possible for humans to live to 500 years old

Google has invested in taxi firms, smart thermostats and even artificial intelligence but it is also setting its sights on immortality - or at least increasing our lives five-fold.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Google Ventures' president Bill Maris said he thinks it's possible to live to 500 years old.

And this will be helped by medical breakthroughs as well as a rise in biomechanics.

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Google Ventures' Bill Maris says humans could live for 500 YEARS