# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (April 15, 2011)

* Utopiah shared an article about open compute designs in the data center industry, highlighting the growing interest in open hardware designs for industrial applications.

* Marcin Jakubowski's TED talk was discussed, with some participants noting similarities to earlier work and questioning why SKDB (a hardware/component description framework) was not acknowledged.

* Juul described his master's thesis work at BIOFAB (LBL), focusing on increasing modularity of expression-controlling DNA/RNA sequences, specifically predictable translation-initiation in E. coli by measuring how mRNA secondary structures affect protein expression.

* Participants discussed a potential git-based synthetic biology library for DNA and measurement data, likely using SBOL (Synthetic Biology Open Language), with references to existing data formats from partsregistry.org.

* The concept of "gitduino" was mentioned as a GitHub + Thingiverse hybrid platform, with potential connections to SKDB (an open hardware/component description framework).

* A manga-style guide to molecular biology was shared, demonstrating alternative approaches to science education and communication.

* The Foresight Institute's reunion event was noted, with some criticism about charging for attendance.