# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• A neutral atom microscope achieving 1.5μm resolution with energy under 0.1 eV was discussed, highlighting this relatively young technology compared to electron microscopy which dates back to 1932.

• Participants shared information about Azolla, an aquatic fern with environmental applications, noting a successful crowdfunded genome sequencing project on experiment.com.

• The conversation explored data ownership challenges in scientific research, particularly the tension between institutional control and public access when research is funded by public money.

• HP's innovative "Sprout" desktop with integrated projector and 3D scanning was discussed alongside their more ambitious "Machine" architecture based on memristors and silicon photonics.

• Several open-source tools were shared, including Crypto 101 (an introductory cryptography course), a pure-Python TLS/SSL library, and IPython notebooks for scientific code sharing.

• The OpenTrons project on Kickstarter was highlighted as an effort to create affordable lab automation equipment, along with other crowdfunded scientific tools like Open qPCR and SCiO pocket molecular sensor.

• Cryptographic innovations including "Satoshi Float" (an 8-bit representation of Bitcoin amounts) and challenges around consensus-critical code in cryptocurrency implementations were examined.