# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion (Feb 7, 2010)

• JayDugger worked extensively on an "Open Source Hardware Business Models" (OSHBM) document, organizing it into sections with proper formatting, adding content about body modification communities, veterinary applications, and livestock markets.

• A concept for an inkjet tattoo gun was proposed that could import camera phone images and create tattoos, with acknowledgment that William Gibson had previously explored this idea in his novel "Virtual Light."

• Discussion about OpenFarmTech questioned why they don't focus more on agronomy alongside their hardware development, suggesting their processes should have broader agricultural applications.

• A microwave transformer homemade welder project was shared (http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Microwave-Transformer-Homemade-Welder/), with one user mentioning plans to collect microwave parts for a phase-locked microwave energy beam emitter.

• A link was shared to an article on "The Physical Basis of Atomically Precise Manufacturing" (http://metamodern.com/2009/06/12/the-physical-basis-of-atomically-precise-manufacturing/).

• References were made to SKDB, a system that would eventually allow commands like "sudo skdb make me a 2 TB hard drive" - suggesting work on a command-line fabrication interface.

• The MediaCloud project (http://www.mediacloud.org/) was mentioned, with its source code available at Harvard (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/~hroberts/mediacloud-0.3.tar.gz), though concerns were raised about delayed open-source releases.