- The Allen Institute’s gene-expression brain atlas was scraped into XML via Perl scripts, and the community is exploring how to turn this dataset into a browsable 3-D brain map, weighing Google Maps overlays against custom graphics.  
- DIY-Bio replication of Wired’s “Check Yourself for Genetic Abnormalities” guide was proposed, with discussion of California’s pending restrictions on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.  
- Open-source neurofeedback resources were catalogued: OpenEEG’s NeuroServer (TCP/IP streaming, EDF headers), the Yahoo “BuildCheapEEG” group, and a Wikipedia comparison of neurofeedback software.  
- Participants sketched an “automated experimentation management” system for neuroscience that would script lesion/behavior paradigms, auto-log results, and validate them against literature claims to reduce manual bench work.  
- Mind-uploading was reframed as iterative “lossy compression of self”: record genetic + environmental parameters that yield interesting brains, regrow or simulate new ones, and network them via high-bandwidth links to sidestep identity-transfer objections.  
- Practical BMI pathways were compared: hardwired implants or fMRI+rTMS favored over EEG, with the vision of plug-and-play neural architectures that can be SSH-ed into as a 72-hour “dead-man switch” backup.  
- Vernor Vinge’s “Rainbows End” (full text at vrinimi.org/rainbowsend.html) was recommended for its near-term AR/remote-schooling interface metaphor, while David Zindell’s 1988 novel *Neverness* (mirrored at heybryan.org and fenn.dyndns.org) was cited for its “moonbrain” concept of extreme-scale intelligence.  
- A proposed social application would overlay 23andMe-style personal genomics data onto Google Maps so geographically distributed users can visualize and compare biological information in real time.