Biomedical engineering is a rapidly growing field that improves quality of human life by bridging medicine and engineering. It impacts society through better quality of life for aging populations and more affordable healthcare solutions. Technological impacts include miniaturization and personalized fabrication. Biomedical engineers from diverse disciplines collaborate on multidisciplinary projects and products like pacemakers, hip implants, genetic engineering, medical imaging, and more. There are over 800 biomedical device companies in the Bay Area.