# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (Nov 2, 2014)

• A technical discussion about photon-based data transmission took place, with participants discussing how to achieve more than 1 bit per photon using pulse position modulation and polarization, and noting that photodiodes can achieve >1 bit resolution depending on the frequency of the photon.

• Several cryptography resources were shared, including a paper on verifying curve25519 software implementation (http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/~bywang/papers/ccs14.pdf) and an introduction to the WebCrypto API (https://timtaubert.de/blog/2014/10/keeping-secrets-with-javascript/).

• A personal biology laboratory called bento·lab was mentioned, described as enabling scientists, DIYbiologists, artists and curious minds to engage with biology and biotechnology anywhere (http://darwintoolbox.com/).

• Significant pharmaceutical industry news was shared, including Shire's acquisition for $55B and Bayer's purchase of Merck's consumer-care business for $14.2 billion.

• An agricultural technology resource for orchard field sensors was shared (http://semios.com/), potentially relevant to environmental monitoring or precision agriculture.

• A participant mentioned discovering LogicError.com, noting that if this represented the state of knowledge in 2004, they had "a lot of catching up to do," suggesting the site contained advanced technical or futurist content.