# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussions

• Researchers were exploring eye bioaugmentation technologies through scientific literature, including a paper on substituting porphyropsin for rhodopsin in mouse retina, indicating ongoing interest in vision enhancement.

• The DIYbio community space "Biocurious" was struggling with sustainability issues, having only about 30 paying members at $100/month, highlighting financial challenges for community biology labs in expensive areas like San Francisco.

• A "nanotech-house" collaborative living space was being planned in West Oakland, featuring advanced equipment like a Transmission Electron Microscope and Zetasizer, representing a novel approach to communal research infrastructure.

• Kanzure shared a comprehensive list of university proxy URLs for accessing academic papers (https://raw.github.com/kanzure/ezproxy-urls/master/urls.txt), noting that despite testing 1500 institutions, no single university had complete journal access.

• The open-rTMS (repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) project was discussed, revealing early-stage development challenges including compilation issues and uncertainty about appropriate magnetic coils, with a possible fork into "openstim."

• Participants discussed business consulting in emerging technologies, with "disruptive analysis" described as examining how research pipelines might affect business assumptions and supply chains within a 3-7 year timeframe.