# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• Members discussed a security breach at a consumer genomics company, highlighting ongoing concerns about privacy and security in personal genomics services, as shared in a Nature blog post.

• Technical discussions centered on open-source CAD technologies, with particular focus on the limitations of mesh-based models versus solid geometry models (STEP format), comparing it to "distributing a binary executable file instead of the source code."

• Kanzure shared information about the NIST STEP Class Library and JSDAI as tools for product modeling and engineering, and mentioned hiring someone to write Python wrappers for OpenCSG with STEP export capabilities.

• Participants discussed microfluidics projects, including a "fluidic amplifier" design that could be laser cut, and referenced the OpenPCR project (an open-source PCR machine) with its Kickstarter campaign.

• A Boston-area meetup called "h+beer" was organized for transhumanists and biohackers at a venue called Sprout, coordinated through diybio.org/hplusbeer/.

• There was discussion about using fluorescent proteins to visualize gene expression in cells, in response to questions about differentiating cell types in the body.