# Summary of ##hplusroadmap IRC Log (Dec 8, 2012)

• kanzure shared resources on ROM hacking, including a Clojure-based Pokemon automation tool (http://aurellem.org/vba-clojure/html/total-control.html) and a Banjo Tooie key extractor (http://forum.pj64-emu.com/showthread.php?t=2644).

• A discussion about open-source lab hardware marketing occurred, with delinquentme seeking advice on targeting wet-lab researchers who are also programmers for an open-source lab shaker they're building.

• kanzure and others suggested that the target demographic for open-source lab hardware might be extremely small, with kanzure noting there are "systemic reasons" limiting adoption and recommending collecting signed statements of purchase intent.

• kanzure shared a collection of DNA assembly papers at http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/bio/dna-assembly/, potentially useful for synthetic biology research.

• juri_ discussed wanting to build a "cell pick-and-place machine" for 3D printing cells, mentioning they were studying extracellular matrices.

• fenn shared a link about electrospray chitin (http://www.4spepro.org/view.php?source=003733-2011-06-14), which may relate to biomaterial fabrication techniques.

• There was a brief discussion about finding research applications for plasmids and genome mutation techniques, with a suggestion to search NIH calls for studies to identify specific disease areas requiring diverse plasmid libraries.