# Summary of IRC Log from May 10, 2011

• Discussion of CAD software options for OSX, with kanzure mentioning he created his own NURBS library called "lolcad" (http://diyhpl.us/cgit/lolcad) due to frustrations with existing CAD programs, while also recommending BRL-CAD, Alibre Design, and HeeksCAD as alternatives.

• kanzure shared that he maintains Nanoengineer-1 (http://nanoengineer-1.com), a molecular modeling tool originally developed by Nanorex, after the company shut down and left 14,000 commits in an inaccessible CVS repository which he converted to git.

• A user named CryptoQuick mentioned working on implementation ideas for auxons (self-replicating machines), particularly concerned with copper availability in crustal rock and the interface between microcontrollers and moving parts.

• mayko shared a video about environmental chemistry of carbon dioxide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJFTDHLQyk).

• kanzure expressed frustration about an article on LessWrong examining the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI), particularly noting their reported theft of $118,803 in 2009.

• References were made to Google I/O Extended 2011 (https://sites.google.com/site/austinioextended/agenda), where kanzure apparently gave a presentation.

• A brief mention was made of a Danish user seeking resources to encapsulate magnets in sugru, parylene c, or silicone.