# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion (September 25, 2012)

• Brain Corporation received Series B funding from Qualcomm Ventures to develop a spiking model of the motor control system, with plans to expand their neuroscience team to 40 scientists focused on sensory and motor processing research.

• Several scientific publisher FTP servers (Wiley, Bentham Science, ACS, AIP, and Elsevier) were discovered to be publicly accessible, potentially allowing unauthorized access to paywalled scientific papers.

• A user reported significant personal benefits from noopept (30mg/24hrs) and Cognizin supplementation, describing it as "an ultra antidepressant, an order of magnitude more reliable than SSRIs," though concerns about dependency were raised.

• Participants criticized Wikipedia's "Biohacking" article for emphasizing self-promoting individuals with dubious claims rather than focusing on legitimate DIY biology and genetic engineering efforts.

• The conversation included debate about the RepRap 3D printer being prematurely labeled as "self-replicating" when it can only produce some of its plastic components but not the more complex parts required for true self-replication.

• An open-source biology initiative (OpenBiotech.com) was discussed that claimed it would cause "an industry-wide collapse of biological reagent pricing" through open source approaches to biotechnology.

• A link was shared to an article about DIY synthetic biology featuring amateur scientists building "Lego-style synthetic biobricks" in public labs, highlighting growing interest in accessible biotechnology.