# Key Points from IRC Log

• SKDB development was active with multiple commits focused on interface transformations, part rotations, and YAML integration, with developers working on a system to properly align 3D parts like LEGO bricks in a virtual environment.

• Discussions about neuroscience included sharing resources on neurotransmitters, neuron types, and protocols for neural stem cell cultures, with links to papers and a YAML file categorizing different types of neurons.

• Protocol repositories were discussed, with kanzure sharing links to protocol-online.org and noting that certain universities lacked access to CurrentProtocols, while also creating a biology protocol ontology in YAML format.

• There was discussion about open-source OCR software, with participants noting that Tesseract was the most viable option despite being difficult to set up and generally poor for OCRing scientific papers.

• A philosophical discussion touched on human cognitive limitations, referencing a TED talk by Dan Ariely about how humans design systems to overcome physical limitations but fail to acknowledge mental ones.

• Participants discussed potential new sensory augmentations, including magnetic implants for sensing electromagnetic fields, ultrasonic distance sensors for the back, and radiation sensors to detect uranium deposits.

• The US government's "Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009" was mentioned as potentially relevant legislation.