- **Autogenix / SKDB package-manager**: A proposed extension of apt-get that treats hardware, wet-lab protocols, and CAD files as first-class packages; metadata (units, tolerances, connectors, signal types) is stored in machine-readable “interface classes” so dependency resolution works for physical artifacts as well as software.

- **Component database & simulation pipeline**: Instead of thousands of hand-curated resistor packages, the system would ingest Digi-Key parametric data and use material-simulation software to auto-generate part families on demand, while still allowing curated overrides.

- **Binary version-control strategy**: Large CAD, simulation, and lab data files will be kept outside git via external mirrors; git will store only lightweight metadata and ascii representations to prevent repo bloat.

- **Machine-readable usage messages**: A proposed XML extension to man-pages/“--help” that exposes required file formats, parameter ranges, and compatible tools, enabling automated validation and dynamic UI generation.

- **Open-source DNA-sequencer build**: A summer 2008 plan to visit KOBIC director Jong Bhak in Korea, build a mechanical DNA sequencer from scratch, and publish exact step-by-step videos as a “biohacking kit”; funding and lab access were still being sought.

- **Semantic wiki + CAD integration**: Envisioned replacement for MediaWiki that lets users drop STL, COLLADA, or other files into pages, automatically links them to interface classes, and renders dependency graphs for reproducible hardware projects.

- **Rick Tumlinson as space-tech patron**: Founder of Space Frontier Foundation and early Mars Society funder who bankrolled the FINDS asteroid-mining study; he scouts teams proactively and rejects unsolicited proposals, making organic visibility the only viable route to his support.