# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (October 19, 2012)

* TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) announced they had deprecated their Non-Commercial Hardware License, moving to 100% Open Hardware licensing, following feedback from the hplusroadmap community.

* A wireless EEG system powered by a thermoelectric generator was shared (http://www.imec.be/ScientificReport/SR2007/html/1384156.html), prompting discussion about both its technical merits and the social implications of wearing such devices in public.

* A brain-controlled full-body exoskeleton suit called HAL was mentioned as being deployed for Fukushima cleanup efforts (http://neurogadget.com/2012/10/18/new-hal-exoskeleton-brain-controlled-full-body-suit-to-be-used-in-fukushima-cleanup/5612).

* The Open Bioinformatics Foundation was noted to have joined Software in the Public Interest, and discussions about open hardware licensing and legal issues were shared (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/publiclaboratory/VE_5cJ_K0fE).

* A molecular dynamics software project was discussed that integrates NanoEngineer-1, PACKMOL and MSI2LMP for creating molecular dynamics cells, with criticism about the author not contributing back to the original codebase.

* The Open Science Summit 2012 livestream was shared (http://fora.tv/conference/open_science_summit_2012/livestream), featuring sessions on software tools for open biology.

* Examine.com was mentioned as a resource for evidence-based information on supplements, noted to be run by Reddit users including "silverhydra" with frequent major updates.