# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussions (Oct 1-2, 2011)

• ImplicitCAD was discussed as a programmatic CAD tool with functional CSG operations, with links shared to a presentation and GitHub repository, showing interest in advanced computational design tools.

• CryptoQuick outlined plans for Auxons.org, a voxel physics simulator designed to model manufacturing systems by simulating substance properties, states, and interaction events.

• Multiple participants expressed interest in the Stanford AI Class starting in 9 days (www.ai-class.com), with discussion about which programming languages would be used in the course.

• Joshcryer discussed developing a thermochemical modeler for industrial manufacturing design, discovering that NIST had digitized the JANAF thermochemical tables as a potential data source.

• Participants shared information about hydrothermal vent mineral composition, noting these deep-sea formations contain economically viable quantities of valuable minerals including copper and gold.

• Three scientific papers were shared documenting the chemical composition of hydrothermal vents, indicating serious research interest in deep-sea resources for potential mineral extraction.

• PhantomJS was mentioned as a headless browser tool using the V8 JavaScript engine, useful for web scraping that can handle JavaScript-based analytics.