# Summary of IRC Conversation on ##hplusroadmap (Dec 22, 2011)

* A new AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics card with 2048 cores was announced, potentially significant for computational applications in transhumanist research contexts.

* Several 3D printing and CAD resources were shared, including Pycado (an object-oriented 3D CAD scripting language based on pythonocc), a Thingiverse backup tool, and discussion about the history of CAD/CAM systems.

* A computational neuroscience news aggregator site (compneuronews.org) was mentioned, along with Google Scholar Citations, which had recently opened its citation database to all researchers.

* Discussion about the Emotiv EEG headset revealed that the company's business model involves selling hardware as a loss leader while making profit on SDKs, which caused investor concern when open-source alternatives like emokit were released.

* Participants discussed nootropics extensively, including a 28kg piracetam purchase, a nootropics website called drugstack.com for comparing vendors, and concerns about FDA regulations affecting custom nootropic supplement businesses.

* The conversation revealed the transhumanist focus of the channel, with references to nootropics, DIY bio equipment, and links to research paper collections on longevity, stem cells, and neuroscience.