# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Log

• Kanzure successfully migrated the Nanoengineer-1 molecular modeling and DNA origami design software from SVN to Git, making it accessible at git://diyhpl.us/nanoengineer for broader community use.

• Users discussed brain-computer interface development challenges, particularly with Emotiv headsets and the Emokit project, highlighting the tension between open-source BCI software development for educational settings versus using proprietary SDKs.

• A debate about OpenCog revealed concerns about code quality and practical applications, with QuantumG criticizing implementation issues and dependency problems while ferrouswheel defended the project's open research approach.

• The Robot Operating System (ROS) was discussed as a promising distributed architecture for robotics, with users sharing demonstration videos and exploring its potential for goal learning and multi-core processing capabilities.

• Participants noted that Siri originated from a $700 million DARPA-funded project that was later acquired by Apple, expressing disappointment that this technology didn't remain in the public domain.

• Blender's character animation features were examined, particularly for creating and manipulating Miku Hatsune models, with specific attention to the interface's axis orientation and boning controls for 3D character rigging.