Over the two last centuries technological advancements have played a significant role in increasing human longevity. Technological progress in medicine (medical device, pharmaceutical and genetic therapies) may now be the major driver of increasing longevity by tackling such factors that cause death through prevention, earlier diagnosis and more minimally invasive or even non-invasive treatments, and age-related disease treatment. Undoubtably technological advancement, driven by underlying economic growth, has a had a significant effect on life expectancy.