• University of Tokyo webcam-based head-tracking demos and “Parallax-Augmented Display” were showcased as low-cost routes to 3-D immersion, while participants compared 360° overhead rigs to a speculative multi-camera “gargoyle helmet” for full spherical capture.  
• Wetware-AI experiments were debated: culturing 10 k–100 k-neuron cortical microcolumns, William Ditto’s leech-neuron arithmetic circuits, and the claim that optogenetically engineered, vascularized “built brains” could arrive within 15 years if tissue-engineering hurdles are solved.  
• SKDB (Structured Knowledge Database) was pitched as a “Debian of hardware” and “StarCraft-for-real-life” planner: an open repository that auto-generates build instructions, BOMs, and purchasable kits for DIY biology, LED throwies, or any open hardware project.  
• A detailed affiliate-marketing playbook was shared—400–600 keyword-matched landing pages per day, e-mail opt-in funnels, CPA networks ($10–$20 per lead), and ClickBank info-products—argued as a potential $100 k/day revenue stream to fund open longevity or BCI research.  
• Practical DIY-bio resources circulated: Harvard DNA synthesis service, FoldIt gamified protein-folding, NEURON & PGENESIS simulators, OpenWetWare’s DIYbio FAQ, and a step-by-step plan to replicate in-vitro hippocampal recordings with low-noise amplifiers and micro-electrode arrays.  
• Cost-of-goods realism: $300 U.S. die grinders vs. $20 identical Chinese units, surplus Dell desktops (<$30) as lab controllers, and the observation that legacy branding and QC perceptions distort hardware markets.  
• Educational philosophy clashed: “just-in-time learning” and self-directed online study versus rote credentialing; proposals for a Doom-style 3-D game that gates progress through exams and delivers study material via in-game PDAs.  
• A covert $10 k/month partnership offer and a wrist-mounted silent document scanner concept were floated, then dismissed as legally dubious and technically inferior to a simple camera-plus-OCR setup.  
• Longevity strategy split: follow Aubrey de Grey’s SENS damage-repair program or pivot to “brain pods” (large neuron-culture/AI hybrids) as a faster route to discovering life-extension interventions.