- Seth Godin’s post “Is it too late to catch up?” was debated; participants disagreed with the claim that “the problem is no longer access to tools,” noting that physical fabrication tools (e.g., drill presses) and legal barriers still limit access.  
- JayDugger recounted being threatened with legal action for posting photos of machinery on a personal blog and Flickr, illustrating real-world obstacles to open documentation.  
- DIY book scanning was discussed extensively: the bkrpr.org non-automatic rig, the high cost of commercial page-turners ($1.5 k–$3.8 k), and the trade-offs between destructive (guillotine + copier) vs. non-destructive scanning.  
- CAD files for the proprietary “EZ-Reader” assisted page-turning device were shared (http://adl.serveftp.org/~bryan/ezreaderfiles.zip) as a starting point for open-hardware improvements.  
- The #openhardware slogan “Arduino makes hardware easyware” was highlighted as emblematic of the community’s push toward democratized fabrication.  
- Ben Goertzel’s plan to build the “Red Brain” AI project in China with a non-English-speaking team was mentioned, prompting skepticism about communication and management challenges.  
- Jonathan Cline circulated a design for a LEGO-based delta robot capable of pipetting, noted as over-engineered but an interesting open-source biotech automation prototype.  
- Links to Langton Labs (http://blog.langtonlabs.org/) and Anselm Levskaya’s site (http://anselmlevskaya.com/) were dropped as resources for open biotech and hardware projects.  
- Utopiah shared a paper on “Stigmergic Landmark Foraging” (AAMAS 2009) as a follow-up to earlier channel discussions on stigmergic collaboration models.  
- The H+ Summit 2009 Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116665879990) was advertised for attendees and remote viewers to access videos and continue discussions.