# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Log (Oct 12, 2011)

• A Media Lab talk was shared by Utopiah, with a link to the livestream at media.mit.edu/events/medialabtalk.

• Kanzure shared a link to the Backyard Brains wiki (wiki.backyardbrains.com), a DIY neuroscience project focused on making neuroscience accessible.

• A Technology Review article was shared by Utopiah, discussing emerging technologies or research developments.

• AlonzoTG raised concerns about AMD's projected performance improvements of only 15% per year, suggesting a slowdown in Moore's Law to a 5-year doubling time, though others noted Moore's Law specifically refers to transistor density, not performance.

• The death of Dennis Ritchie (creator of C programming language and co-developer of Unix) was announced and acknowledged as a significant loss to the computing community.

• A discussion about creating a nootropics information website took place, with the goal of aggregating reliable information without the "smarmy" content of existing sites, potentially including supplier information.

• Someone suggested that conception and parenting should be included on an unspecified list, likely related to transhumanist topics or roadmap items.