# Key Points from IRC Log

• A research paper on encoding sentence meaning in the left mid-superior temporal cortex was shared, indicating interest in neurolinguistic processing.

• Gear Generator (geargenerator.com) was mentioned, a tool for designing mechanical gears, though comments suggested limitations in its functionality.

• A protest against autonomous "killer robots" was documented at IROS 2015, highlighting ethical concerns about AI weapon systems.

• A GitHub repository of speech and language processing resources was shared (github.com/edobashira/speech-language-processing), providing tools for computational linguistics.

• Twist Bioscience's DNA synthesis technology was discussed, noting they use silicon plates with microscopic wells (9,000+ wells per plate) for high-throughput DNA synthesis.

• Concerns were raised about DNA 2.0's "IP-Free" licensing terms, which appear to contain restrictive conditions despite the name, with references to previous discussions on the diybio mailing list.

• A review paper on optogenetics titled "Making sense of optogenetics" was shared, demonstrating interest in neuroscience techniques.

• The Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity methodology was discussed, with observations that despite its conceptual simplicity, there's a surprising lack of good software implementations outside the Apple ecosystem.

• A resource on elliptic curve cryptography was shared, including both a PDF crash course and video tutorials.