# Summary of IRC Log from #hplusroadmap (September 14, 2013)

* FourFire shared a link to a story on Kuro5hin.org (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/18/205731/620), which was described as a "good story" but no further details were provided.

* A user mentioned Audacity (audio editing software), noting that author Greg Egan had recommended it in one of his novels.

* Kanzure discussed working with WebKit.WebView objects and JavaScript DOM events, specifically mentioning his success in getting JavaScript DOM update events to fire Python callbacks, with the goal of dumping websocket data to MongoDB.

* A link to Peter Thiel's critique of technological progress was shared (http://www.forbes.com/sites/singularity/2013/09/11/peter-thiel-promised-flying-cars-instead-we-got-caffeine-spray/), reflecting on the gap between promised technological advances and actual innovations.

* A user asked for opinions on the Emotiv Insight EEG headset Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tanttle/emotiv-insight-optimize-your-brain-fitness-and-per), which was focused on brain fitness and performance optimization.

* Kanzure shared several GitHub repositories related to the OpenWorm project, including tools for converting Blender models to NeuroML format (https://github.com/openworm/Blender2NeuroML) and other OpenWorm documentation.

* There was a brief discussion about the purpose of the OpenWorm project, with one user suggesting it was a way to secure funding for brain emulation work.

* Several scientific papers were requested through paperbot, including one related to neuroscience (DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.019).