# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion (Oct 22, 2010)

* Jonathan Despres shared his personal wiki page (http://future.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jonano) and discussed his ongoing interests in futurism, life extension, AI, and his aspirations to establish a perpetual trust through Alcor.

* A brief discussion about web entrepreneurship occurred, with participants debating whether novel ideas or platform choice is more important for success in creating valuable web applications.

* DIYgenomics shared a mobile app user survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RYMGSD6) for community feedback on genomic applications.

* A presentation on "Community Annotation and BioWikis" by Dan Bolser was referenced, with links to the livestream (http://www.livestream.com/bifx) and slides (http://www.slideshare.net/danbolser/biowikis-bsb10).

* Utopiah shared a Call for Abstracts on Cognitive Enhancement from the University of Mainz (http://www.philosophie.uni-mainz.de/2029_DEU_HTML.php) and a resource for DNA sequencing mapping (http://pathogenomics.bham.ac.uk/hts/).

* A Technology Review article about quantum computing was shared (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25914/).

* Fenn shared information about magnetic gear technology (http://www.magnomatics.com/technology/magnetic-gears.aspx).

* The Free Software Foundation's hardware endorsement criteria were discussed, highlighting restrictions on products carrying both FSF endorsements and proprietary software badges.