# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• Participants discussed open science licensing, specifically questioning why the Panton Principles (pantonprinciples.org) recommend CC0 licensing for scientific data rather than attribution/share-alike licenses, noting the principles are sponsored by Science Commons.

• Several portable genomics technologies were highlighted, including SNP Dr. (a handheld lab-on-a-chip for point-of-care SNP sequencing) and smartphone genome browsers (portablegenomics.com), with discussion of their applications for preventive medicine.

• The group explored using laser engraving technology for creating microfluidic circuits, including technical considerations about surface quality and Reynolds number for fluid flow, following a participant's purchase of a 25W Universal Laser Systems engraver/cutter.

• Remote fabrication technologies were discussed, including a remote-controlled RepRap with camera capabilities that demonstrated good response times, leading to speculation about "cloud machining" and telerobotic applications.

• Participants shared resources for distributed computing in bioinformatics, including MPI clusters with Python on Amazon EC2 and BLAST implementations for cloud computing.

• The conversation covered converting Thingiverse.com's collection into SKDB packages to enable automated 3D printing commands like "skdb-get [project-name] --build" that would start a RepRap printer automatically.

• A concerning healthcare statistic was shared that adverse drug reactions account for 7% of hospital admissions and are the 5th leading cause of death in the USA, with costs exceeding $100 billion annually.