# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (Oct 4, 2009)

* Discussion of potential $10,000 funding from Todd Huffman for an unspecified project, with some skepticism expressed about whether the funding would materialize.

* Exploration of the X Prize for tuberculosis diagnostics (http://www.xprize.org/future-x-prizes/tuberculosis-diagnostics), with participants discussing technical approaches to developing low-cost TB detection methods.

* Debate about PCR-based methods for TB detection, with one participant suggesting a process involving pulsed field electrophoresis to separate bacterial genome from host genome, followed by PCR amplification.

* Discussion of cost constraints for TB diagnostics in developing countries, with participants noting that while reagent costs could be around $4 per test, equipment costs and training requirements remain significant barriers.

* Consideration of alternative detection technologies including antibody-based methods and Molecular Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) as potential approaches for low-cost TB diagnostics in resource-limited settings.

* Brief mention of a personal tracking system where one participant maintains a log of all people they meet (http://adl.serveftp.org/~bryan/meetlog.txt), with discussion about how such data could be used to analyze social networking patterns over time.