# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (March 11, 2013)

* Bunnie Huang's book "Hacking the Xbox" was shared as a free PDF, with kanzure noting it contained interesting content about retrieving secret keys from the Xbox's Southbridge chip and mentioning Bunnie's work with Professor Tom Knight.

* A DIY lab automation group was mentioned as meeting on Sunday mornings (10AM-2/3PM), with their next meeting focused on installing stepper motors on a gantry frame.

* A biohacking project at Biocurious was described as using RepRap-style electronics with a syringe pump instead of an extruder, essentially creating a lab automation device using maker hardware.

* A user shared contact information for Joe Kaufman, described as a DNA synthesizer dealer in the Bay Area (contact: joe@joekaufman.net, 408-964-0015).

* kanzure recommended several Bay Area biohacking resources to visit, including East Bay DIYbio group, Biocurious, Transcriptic/Max Hodak, and Joe Kaufman.

* There was a brief mention of a DIY Bio movement in Hebrew text, which kanzure shared, discussing how the movement aims to make biology accessible to the public similar to how computing was democratized.