# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (August 15, 2010)

* The University of Tokyo's Cyber Interface Lab was mentioned, with their lifelog projects being highlighted as significant research in personal data tracking (http://www.cyber.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/projects/#lifelog).

* Discussion of git-based wiki technology was shared, indicating interest in distributed version control for collaborative knowledge management (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1599145).

* The HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference was referenced, particularly talks on "Hacking Our Biochemistry: Pharmacy and the Hacker Perspective" and "How to Run an Open Source Hardware Company" (http://thenexthope.org/talks-list/).

* Significant discussion about Humanity+ board elections took place, with participants debating the organization's governance, value proposition for members, and potential future directions like negotiating group discounts for genetic testing services (23andMe).

* Navia Systems' work on probabilistic computing was shared, describing hardware and software "grounded in probability distributions and stochastic simulators" rather than traditional deterministic logic, which was noted as potentially useful for OpenCog's AtomSpace.

* Participants discussed the challenges of running transhumanist organizations, including volunteer coordination issues, membership models, and the tension between media/marketing focus versus funding actual technology development projects.