- MIT and Leeds University open courseware links for fluid-mechanics and chemical-engineering resources were shared as potential learning material for bio- and chem-hackers.  
- A DIY Bussard-style polywell fusion-reactor project was highlighted: fenn posted a Ruby script that drives BRL-CAD to model coil geometries and calculate dimensions, with the long-term goal of “reprapping” (3-D printing) the coil shields.  
- A photo of the improvised coil-winding rig—complete with a dirty mattress and Stephen Wolfram’s “A New Kind of Science” in the background—was circulated as emblematic of garage-level fusion experimentation.  
- The group mocked the 2007 film “The Gene Generation,” whose plot involves “DNA hackers” using synthetic biology to mind-control or assassinate people, emphasizing that real biohackers “might GFP a fish” but are nowhere near such capabilities.  
- A legal torrent of public-domain or open-licensed material was pointed out on The Pirate Bay, alongside a reminder that Project Gutenberg is a safer source for freely available texts.  
- Computerworld coverage of the 2008 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology was linked, noting that the award went to the “nanocar” molecular-vehicle team, underscoring ongoing progress in mechanosynthesis and molecular machines.