2013 founder frank sculli john qualter headquarters 594 broadway new york city united states of america website http www.biodigital.com biodigital is a new york based biomedical visualization company that is often referred to as being google earth for the human body . 1 2 biodigital offers an interactive 3d software platform that enables individuals and business to explore and visualize health information . 3 their flagship product the biodigital human is a searchable customizable map of the human body . 4 the biodigital human platform has over a million users 5 including doctors medical students and yoga instructors . 6 new york university school of medicine has used the software to teach medical students about anatomy . 7 8 the company also offers a set of api s that allow developers to use the company s imaging technology . contents 1 history 2 awards and recognition 3 partnerships 4 references history edit the company was founded in 2002 on the premise that 3d technology could be leveraged to make medical topics more comprehensible accessible and compelling . 9 in 2011 the company expanded their technology to reach the greater public compiling all visualizations into a proprietary web based virtual model of the human body the biodigital human . 10 the biodigital human was one of the early systems to leverage webgl which allows any supported browser to render 3d models in webpages without plugins . 11 in 2013 the company received a series of funding led by firstmark capital new york university s nyu innovation fund a group of angel investors . 12 awards and recognition edit the biodigital human was featured at tedmed 2012 . 13 in 2013 biodigital was named the winner of sxsw s classic interactive award . 14 the company also received an on for learning award from common sense media in march 2014 . 15 biodigital was honored as a best health digital resource by the health information resource center s web health awards in june 2014 . 16 in 2015 biodigital human received a webby award in the category of best health website . 17 in 2015 biodigital was a silver finalist for the edison awards in the field of research & education . 18 partnerships edit biodigital has partnered with the international charity smile train for the creation of a cleft lip and palate simulator . the simulator is an interactive teaching tool designed to train surgeons in developing countries on cleft lip and palate surgical repair . biodigital and smile train received an award for outstanding achievement in modeling & simulation by the national training simulation association in december 2013 . 19 the companies were selected to showcase the technology at the 2014 tedmed conference in washington dc . 20 references edit emerson rip . google earth meets the body biodigital gets 4m to bring its 3 d virtual anatomy & health platform to every browser techcrunch . sep. 24 2013 bilton ricardo . biodigital raises 4m to build the google earth for the human body venturebeat.sep 25 2013 cieplak mayr von baldegg kasia dissecting the biodigital human a 3d anatomy lesson . the atlantic . apr. 5 2012 singer natasha . the virtual anatomy ready for dissection the new york times . jan. 7 2012 . pofeldt elaine . 3d digital model of human body attracts vc funding . forbes . sep. 24 2013 . bilton ricardo darma stanley . medical students to wear 3d glasses for anatomy class . medgadget . jan 13 2012 hernandez darlena . a digital revolution for studying human anatomy wired . apr. 12 2012 singer natasha . 1 the virtual anatomy ready for dissection the new york times . january 7 2012 . empson rip . 2 . google earth meets the body biodigital gets 4m to bring its 3 d virtual anatomy & health platform to every browser . techcrunch . september 24 2013 . bilton ricardo . 3 biodigital raises 4m to build the google earth for the human body . september 25 2013 . biodigital maps the human body raises 4m . pitchbook.sep . 27 2013 tedmed . 4 can medical school be a fantastic voyage . 2012 sxsw 5 sxsw interactive reveals winners of the 2013 interactive awards . 2013 . common sense media . 6 on for learning awards 2014 award winners . health information resource center . 7 web health awards . 8 . 2015 edison award winners . smile train . 9 smile train and biodigital inc wins award for outstanding achievement in modeling & simulation . 2013 smile train . 10 smile train and biodigital selected to showcase virtual surgery simulator in the hive at tedmed 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title biodigital & oldid 720115828 categories 3d computer graphicscompanies based in new york cityanatomy websiteshidden categories use mdy dates from april 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity 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