# Summary of IRC Log from #hplusroadmap (September 15, 2014)

The IRC log was relatively quiet with minimal substantive discussion, but contained a few notable mentions:

* Lab automation companies Transcriptic and Emerald Cloud Lab were mentioned in response to a query about lab automation resources.

* A user shared information about Tidal (https://github.com/yaxu/Tidal), a tool for creating music from code, along with a SoundCloud link demonstrating music created with it.

* A discussion about microfluidics research occurred, specifically mentioning work on miniaturizing valves at what appears to be Stanford's Quake Lab, with reference to multilayer soft lithography techniques.

* A GitHub repository for nanoengineer (https://github.com/kanzure/nanoengineer) was mentioned in the context of designing and simulating molecular machines, along with a related Google Group called "Open Source Molecular Manufacturing Research."

* Several tools were shared, including a Python DOI number opening tool (https://github.com/bfontaine/p7doi) and a tool for downloading PDFs from web pages (https://github.com/bfontaine/sq).