that wasn t good. all right. so let s talk about the united states of america and how amazing it is. we never do that. we constantly bash america. i want to talk to you about something i m proud of and it s incredible and speaks to the greatness of this country. we have the united states naval hospital ship, the uss mercy and participating in the world s largest maritime exercise rim 2014 and this marks the first time in the 24 history that a hospital ship has joined the mission. keep in mind they can house up to 1100 medical personnel, ct scanners, four radioology machines. that s what this country is capable of in disaster relief. i just wanted to say, i think i have to speak up on behalf of all of us, this show don t speak for me. okay. the reason this show is a success is because of you all.
classroom. it s almost a magical process where you can scan an object without touching it and bring it back into the real world through 3-d printer. vincent was a sculptor. adam, a painter. they used to help create exhibits for the collection. sort of on the sides, we started supporting research programs in the smithsonian. scanning software that was developed with hollywood or ct scanners developed for the medical industry. we re trying to apply that to the museum world now. so far, the process is slow and labor intensive, but the laser cowboys have big plans. perhaps we re going to start introducing robots and assembly lines into the system. we want to move first to digitizing hundreds of objects at a time and then we can start to think about thousands of objects per year. like i said, pretty cool. to experience smithsonian x 3-d, go to their website. and that s it for today.
leave the mountain on his own two feet because of those rescuers. you know as a skier jon, that is not usually the outcome. jon: carrying those things you have to carry an avalanche beacon into the back ground tri. that is a lucky guy. jenna: glad he is okay. for all the drama, the excitement, all the strategy, all the appealing things about football the way football is currently played in the nfl is fundamentally unsustainable. jon: some surprising words there from nbc sportscaster bob costas, calling for change in the nfl he is just one of many expressing concern about the long-term health of players who suffered repeated blows to the head. now the nfl is teaming up with the general electric company to develop technology that would better detect concussions. joining us now to talk a little little more about it, dr. marti mack carry, professor of public health at john hopkins medical center, and the author of, unaccountable. general electric makes a lot of high-tech medical machines