- SKDB (Socialized Engineering Knowledge Database) is being architected as a Debian-style package manager for hardware: a distributed repository where “apt-get install robot-arm” fetches CAD files, fabrication instructions, and supply-chain metadata to collapse the factory-to-desk distance.

- A manifesto-in-progress reframes the project as the “personal computer revolution” applied to all industrial infrastructure, explicitly rejecting top-down megaprojects in favor of open-source, hacker-driven replication loops.

- Near-term validation experiments include encoding simple successes (e.g., automated paper-folding) into SKDB packages and wiring up robotic arms capable of building more robotic arms to demonstrate end-to-end tool-chain viability.

- Parallel neuro-DIY efforts are scouting bulk kainic-acid suppliers ($6–$10 mg⁻¹) and exploring open synthetic routes or algal extraction to cut costs for excitotoxicity research, while also mining university MediaWiki RSS feeds for machine-readable protocols.

- Long-term roadmap papers on self-replicating technology are being drafted, with kanzure pre-loading the entire UT chemical-engineering curriculum to front-load theory before shifting to hands-on labs.

- Practical neurohacking resources shared include a minimal open-source Python acquisition script (agx-get.py), Kevin Warwick’s cyborg work, the Innerspace Foundation Prize for BMI innovation, and advice on microelectrode-array experiments for insect or rodent neural control.

- Historical framing explicitly cites Stallman’s 1983 GNU announcement as the template for launching a volunteer-driven commons and Vinge’s “localizers” as a near-term ubiquitous sensor-net scenario, while side debates question whether tenure systems filter out the systems-level thinking required for transhumanist infrastructure.