# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (September 17, 2013)

• kanzure mentioned progress on BRL-CAD/Python wrappers, which would improve programmatic access to this open-source solid modeling system.

• A Nature Methods paper was shared and discussed (DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2637), with participants troubleshooting access issues through paperbot and libgen.

• ParahSailin discovered significant issues with NCBI's SRA (Sequence Read Archive) format, noting it's undocumented, extremely slow to convert (50x slower than BWA mapping), and only accessible through NCBI's proprietary API.

• GitHub's new 3D file diff viewer was discussed, with kanzure noting he had built something similar previously and commenting that "committing STL files to a git repo is a sin, it's like committing build objects."

• A paper on temporal perception related to body size and metabolic rate was shared, indicating that smaller organisms perceive time more slowly than larger ones.

• A JavaScript-based OpenRISC 1000 emulator running Linux in the browser (jor1k) was shared at https://github.com/s-macke/jor1k, demonstrating advanced capabilities of browser-based emulation.

• A video demonstrating "3-Sweep" technology was shared, showing a method for extracting editable 3D objects from a single photograph.