# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (July 21, 2012)

• Burninate shared a Valve blog post about the challenges of hard augmented reality (AR) technology, sparking a discussion about the merits of filtered vs. unfiltered reality and the technical approaches to AR implementation.

• The conversation explored Virtual Retina Display (VRD) technology and eye-tracking systems, including Canon's Eye-controlled focusing (ECF) technology that was available in some cameras but discontinued in digital SLRs.

• A significant scientific breakthrough was shared and discussed: researchers successfully created the first complete computational model of an entire organism (a bacterium), simulating phenotype from genotype, as reported in Cell and the New York Times.

• Participants discussed the technical implementation of the whole-cell computational model, speculating it might use linear programming combined with ordinary differential equations.

• Several web development technologies were evaluated for a project, including SQLAlchemy+Flask versus MongoDB/Mongokit, with particular attention to authentication systems and decorator patterns in Flask.

• There was brief mention of interest in carbon nanotube experimentation protocols, suggesting ongoing DIY interest in advanced materials science among channel participants.