# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion (Jan 12, 2010)

• QuantumG shared a biohacking resource page (http://quantumg.net/biohacking/) which prompted a discussion about the "writozyme" concept for in vivo genetic modification.

• A lengthy debate occurred about the term "open source ecology," with participants questioning its meaning and suggesting that "open systems" might be more appropriate terminology.

• Several open hardware and manufacturing initiatives were discussed, including an "open source restaurant" (http://instructablesrestaurant.com/) that creates everything from Instructables.com designs.

• Kanzure noted the existence of a Wikipedia page for SKDB (a standard for open hardware) and expressed surprise that OpenCASCADE didn't have a Wikipedia entry.

• Information was shared about running SolidWorks 2009 under Wine using specific winetricks (vcrun2005, ie6, gdiplus), potentially enabling CAD work on Linux.

• A hackerspaces map was shared (http://apps.pumpingstationone.org/hacker-space-map/) along with discussion of the "shanzhai" phenomenon spreading to India for local hardware manufacturing.

• Participants discussed the terminology shift where "ecosystem" is being used as a non-technical way to describe what engineers would call a "toolchain" in open manufacturing contexts.

• A link was shared to slides providing an overview of open source hardware (http://blog.open-embedded.info/2009/04/open-source-hardware-overview-slides.html).