# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (August 5, 2010)

• Discussion about DIYbio hosting and media coverage, with kanzure sharing links to DIYbio.org and an article about Eri Gentry's garage biotech revolution, noting the article's failure to mention Joseph Jackson (co-founder of BioCurious).

• Participants discussed the quality of transhumanist media reporting, specifically critiquing an H+ Magazine article about DIY hardware and SKDB (a package management system for physical objects).

• kanzure shared the "National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats" whitepaper from the White House, which notably mentions and supports garage biology in its second paragraph: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/National_Strategy_for_Countering_BioThreats.pdf

• The conversation referenced Rob Carlson's quote about the government's position on garage biology, with participants discussing whether President Obama had explicitly endorsed DIY biology in a speech.

• Bioethics.gov transcripts were shared (http://www.bioethics.gov/transcripts/) containing discussions about synthetic biology ethics and regulation.

• A request was made for Drexler's "Nanosystems" book, with kanzure confirming he had a copy of this seminal work on molecular nanotechnology.