[Alex3917]

Apparently chemistry names are the new hot trend for startups. This is the third on HN within the last week. It's a pretty good idea though because the names sound like what they do; naptha makes sense as the name for an image extractor since naphtha is used for doing quick and dirty extractions while making drugs, iodine makes sense here because it's used to bring out more detail in samples when doing microscopy, etc.

[BuildTheRobots]

I assumed it was named after Iodine[1] -the TCP over DNS method used for (eg) breaking out of restrictive wifi.

The atomic number of Iodine is 53, which is also the port DNS runs over -hence the original projects naming.

[1] http://code.kryo.se/iodine/

edit: I realise it is not a and apologise for the noise (though iodine is cool too).

[piggity]

Except if your target customer isn't a chemist.

[thwarted]

It could potentially increase awareness of chemistry, the dangers of dihydrogen monoxyide not withstanding.