value added functionality in a meaningful way. the engineers and programmers channel the data from all the medical equipment into an interactive control panel. during this test the machines are communicating with one another. i think the future of our technology is digital what you see today is that many devices really don't have a lot of associated support software that a lot of medical machines aren't as far down that road as machines are in other areas of industry but i think they'll start using it more and more in the coming years. before long smart software will start playing a much more central role in the o.r. backed up by robots like this one. it can't replace a search in yet but it might soon be at least handing over the forceps.