# Summary of IRC Log from March 18, 2013

* A PCR Hackathon was announced for March 24th, focusing on refining a light-bulb PCR machine and potentially building a dry heating block or "smart" incubator, with participants expected to bring their own power supplies, temperature sensors, and Arduinos.

* Discussion of Nanoscribe 3D printers that use two-photon polymerization technology, with particular interest in their applications for creating diffractive 2D pillar arrays for color images or holograms.

* A webGL visualization of an fMRI cortical mapping study was shared (http://gallantlab.org/semanticmovies/), which attempts to tag blood flow changes with the WordNet hierarchy.

* Mozilla's remote debugging protocol was discussed, including its implementation status, with concerns raised about DOM node inspection capabilities and the protocol's documentation.

* A conversation about accessing scientific papers occurred, with participants using paperbot to retrieve articles, including one about calcium-dependent bacteriophage DNA infection.