• The channel is designing “SKDB” (Societal Knowledge Database), a CPAN/apt-style package manager that distributes not only software but also formalized scientific and engineering knowledge—ontologies, simulation code, fabrication instructions, and physical components—so that a single command like “apt-get install graphene-simulators” can install an entire research toolchain.

• A five-layer knowledge stack is proposed: (1) raw natural-language sources, (2) cross-linked packages, (3) basic physical units and properties, (4) specialized semantic units, and (5) fully automated simulation outputs and logs, with the goal of making knowledge progressively machine-processable while remaining human-readable.

• A universal hardware/software package format is being debated that must express not just “depends on package Y” but the *type* of dependency (compile-time, run-time, physical assembly, etc.) and allow extensible relation types such as “is a child of” or “requires for execution,” leveraging existing domain formats like SBML, CAD, and SMILES rather than reinventing schemas.

• GNU Units (http://www.gnu.org/software/units/) is proposed as the base for handling physical-unit conversions inside package metadata, permitting user-defined functional units (e.g., “comfort in newton-hours/dolor”) while keeping base physical units built-in.

• Participants maintain large personal archives (CNT papers, brain-implant designs, longevity research, synthetic-biology protocols) that would be repackaged into SKDB modules, and they share links to resources such as Biopunk.org, DNATube.com, and the SKDB draft on the Biohack wiki.

• A critique of the OSCOMAK prototype spec (http://kurtz-fernhout.com/oscomak/prototype.htm) is used as a cautionary example of overly rigid hardware-package metadata, reinforcing the need for extensible, well-structured specifications.

• Practical tooling discussed includes distcc for distributed compilation, high-resolution multi-monitor setups for data visualization, and lightweight window managers (fluxbox, wmii, e17) for efficient lab workstations.

• Side experiments include Noahj’s throat-piezo music interface that turns throat vibrations into guitar-like solos, illustrating the channel’s broader interest in low-cost cyborg audio interfaces.