- A participant expressed a desire for greater introspective control over the autonomic nervous system, highlighting interest in self-regulation and biofeedback technologies.  
- A link to a EurekAlert press release (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/uow-3ph033109.php) was shared, noting that academic labs have been overpaying for standard equipment—an implicit call for open-source or DIY alternatives.  
- Discussion of RepRap’s Cartesian-centric Python build script (https://reprap.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/reprap/trunk/users/hoeken/pythagoras/make_bot.py) led to criticism that the code is overly simplistic and copy-paste oriented, underscoring a broader concern about low engineering standards in the open-hardware community.  
- A homemade oscilloscope project blog (http://yveslebrac.blogspot.com/) was highlighted as a good beginner build, though participants noted its lack of RAM limits high-speed data capture.  
- The channel debated the practicality of a microfluidic design copied from the literature: at 4 µL/s throughput, scaling to 1 L/s would require ~225 m² of chip area, illustrating the gap between academic prototypes and real-world bioprocessing needs.  
- A large, fast-access repository of research papers was set up at http://sata.serveftp.org/~bryan/papers/ and mirrored on heybryan.org, with plans for automated mirroring and community contributions.  
- A paper on “Distinguishing Single Cells with Nothing but Light” (http://is.gd/qpzF) was circulated, showcasing label-free optical techniques relevant to DIY bio-imaging.  
- Participants discussed the absence of a general dependency-resolution library for nonlinear systems, framing it as a missing tool for both software and hardware design automation.  
- Personal challenges, including family pressure for psychiatric institutionalization and legal threats over off-grid living (solar panels, rainwater harvesting), were shared as cautionary tales about societal resistance to radical self-sufficiency.