# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (March 8, 2012)

* Elsevier announced it would allow text mining of scientific articles, which sparked discussion about scientific publishing models, with some users suggesting journals should move to P2P distribution models.

* Addgene was mentioned as a non-profit plasmid repository helping academic scientists share high-quality plasmids, highlighting interest in open biology resources.

* A user shared news about a chemical parser tool they developed (hosted at stark-fire-6273.herokuapp.com), which parses chemical formulas and demonstrates interest in computational chemistry tools.

* StemCell.com was offering free stem cell IPP wall charts, which generated excitement among channel participants interested in stem cell biology resources.

* Scientific Commons was discussed as having indexed 38 million papers, representing a significant science branch of Creative Commons.

* Wolfram's blog post on personal analytics was shared, discussing his detailed self-tracking of call times, email patterns and other personal data, which sparked interest in quantified self approaches.

* A user mentioned obtaining an EcoRI restriction/methylation plasmid, noting that "restriction enzymes are always used in conjunction with methylases in operons."

* A discussion about nootropics occurred when a user mentioned switching from citicoline to aniracetam, indicating interest in cognitive enhancement.

* Users discussed the trend of U.S. patents increasingly being awarded to non-U.S. companies (over half by 2009).

* Several participants expressed interest in brain-computer interfaces, with one user wishing for the ability to record thoughts without manual input devices.