# Key Points from IRC Log (September 23, 2011)

• A paper on neutrino velocity measurements by the OPERA detector was shared, showing neutrinos potentially traveling at 1.0000248 times the speed of light, though participants debated whether this was likely an instrumentation error rather than a genuine physics breakthrough.

• Several digital library resources for academic papers were shared, including librarypirate.me, bookfi.org, and library.nu, representing the open knowledge sharing culture among transhumanists.

• A petition to the White House to stop issuing software patents was circulated, reflecting the community's interest in open source innovation and intellectual property reform.

• Discussions about open source hardware licensing revealed tensions between prominent figures Bruce Perens and Phillip Torrone, with debates about appropriate licensing approaches for hardware projects.

• A participant shared work on glow-in-the-dark materials with photos, demonstrating the DIY experimentation ethos common in the community.

• Research on memristors was shared, particularly papers about spike-timing-dependent plasticity models and fuzzy edge detection, showing interest in cutting-edge neuromorphic computing technologies.

• A disassembled version of Pokemon Red was shared (https://bitbucket.org/iimarckus/pokered/src/), demonstrating the community's interest in reverse engineering and open source recreation of proprietary systems.