# Summary of IRC Log from August 26, 2015

* A link to "The Transhumanist Wager" by Zoltan Istvan was shared, with discussion suggesting Istvan would make a good transhumanist political representative due to his social presence and willingness to listen.

* Participants discussed crowdfunding for longevity research, including a campaign that raised $22,000 for testing drug combinations (aspirin+metformin+everolimus) and C60 in mice for lifespan extension effects.

* Several engineering and modeling tools were discussed for simulating flexible plastic sheets in 3D, including Elmer, OpenFOAM, Salome, and various FEM (Finite Element Method) solvers for physical modeling.

* Participants expressed skepticism about natural language processing applications for scientific research, with one user describing an O'Reilly article on the topic as "gross."

* A discussion about EAN (European Article Number) database management revealed that GS1 is the central authority that prevents code collisions between manufacturers.

* There was brief mention of Bussard's electrostatic confinement fusion technology in relation to thorium power generation.