# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (Feb 24, 2016)

* FourFire mentioned a technology for converting CO2 and H2O into liquid hydrocarbons, suggesting it could be powered by nuclear energy.

* Chris_99 shared a YouTube video titled "Optical Motion Control of Maglev Graphite" demonstrating levitation technology.

* A user inquired about DIY production of Quorn (mycoprotein food), noting that the required fungal spores are prohibitively expensive at the source they found.

* Kanzure mentioned that Sci-Hub expressed willingness to integrate pdfparanoia (a tool for removing document watermarks) if performance testing showed it wouldn't overload their servers.

* A discussion occurred about Sci-Hub's architecture, with debate about whether they cache documents or function primarily as a proxy service.

* Kanzure shared information about a paper titled "Terrestrial planets across space and time" which estimates there are approximately 2×10^19 terrestrial planets around FGK stars and 7×10^20 around M stars in the observable universe.

* A user mentioned Francis Bacon's "The New Atlantis" (1627), which described an idealized society with advanced technologies and a scientific institution that later inspired the founding of the Royal Society.