# Summary of ##hplusroadmap IRC Log (May 9, 2015)

* CaptHindsight inquired about countries with earlier access to new medical technologies, seeking nations where regulatory bodies are more influenced by medical progress than corporate interests, with kanzure suggesting looking into medical tourism destinations.

* MrHindsight described advanced multi-axis inkjet technology capable of printing electronics (conductors, substrates, resistors, capacitors) with sub-micron features, mentioning applications for circuit boards, BGA fanout, and potential applications in biotech including DNA sequencers and printers.

* The conversation touched on high-precision positioning systems, with CaptHindsight noting that piezo positioners can achieve resolution down to a few angstroms (<0.1 nm), useful for micro and nano machine fabrication.

* kanzure shared a link to a PVA film pattern transfer technique for 3D objects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUhPrAqiY0), which MrHindsight compared to flexigraphics and his work with multi-axis inkjet printing directly onto non-planar parts.

* CaptHindsight shared an article about the increase in brainwave-reading patents related to commercial mind-reading applications (http://www.networkworld.com/article/2920720/opensource-subnet/brainwave-reading-patents-spike-on-increase-in-commercial-mind-reading-apps.html).