# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion (May 26, 2010)

* Utopiah shared several genomics resources including Ensembl Genome Browser (http://www.ensembl.org/index.html) for vertebrates and eukaryotic species, with kanzure mentioning the UCSD genome browser and SNPedia as additional resources for personal genomics research.

* Anybots (http://www.anybots.com/) was shared, and later discussion touched on telepresence technology, with fenn mentioning having a "flaky telepresence rig" at MakerFaire.

* Senseg's E-Sense haptic technology (http://www.senseg.com/technology/) was referenced, which creates tactile sensations on touchscreens.

* A discussion about wearable biometrics included speculation about using accelerometers to detect physical states and trigger responses, with fenn suggesting EEG might work better for certain applications.

* Meka Robotics' M3 operating system was highlighted for using LGPL realtime with EtherCAT and Python, with links shared to their video feed (http://vimeo.com/user2465852/videos/rss).

* Arduino projects were shared via a link to "Practical Arduino: Cool Projects for Open Source Hardware" (http://knowfree.net/2010/05/practical-arduino-cool-projects-for-open-source-hardware/).

* Kanzure expressed surprise at the Diaspora project raising $188K on Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr), which was significantly over their funding goal.