- A grassroots “organ printer” project is underway: participants are scavenging inkjet printers, sourcing hydrogel “biopaper” scaffolds, and sharing links to Singularity Hub’s printed-heart video, POGO nucleotide-printer guides, and hydrocolloid recipes; gelatin is recommended as an inexpensive first scaffold to study thermo-gelation before moving to cell-compatible materials.

- The open-source SKDB hardware package system is being split into modular repositories; architecture documentation is being drafted, and contributors are invited to add a Thingiverse-hosted bearing design and a composite silicone-nylon band-making machine.

- Humanity+ Summit 2009 videos (Justin.tv Flash streams) are being ripped, re-encoded, and re-synced with original slides to create higher-quality archives; kanzure’s SKDB talk and Patri Friedman’s seasteading presentation are among the first to be cleaned up.

- Ultra-low-cost DNA-sequencing ideas discussed include AFM/STM “squeegee” edge readers, massively parallel MEMS probe arrays, and nanopore separators with fluorescent or electronic tags.

- $3 k “toy” budget sparks debate: RepRap parts sourced locally are favored over Fab@Home; a rumored functional RepRap extruder/electronics set exists at UT Austin’s ACT Lab.

- Focus fusion controversy: Lerner’s latest switching-problem update is weighed against Next Big Future critiques of bremsstrahlung losses at Lawrenceville Plasma Physics.

- Half-serious brainstorming covers “grave-robbing genius DNA” for cloning historical minds, zombie-virus jokes, and brain-farm scenarios.

- Bay Area meetup recommendations include the Computer History Museum’s working Babbage Difference Engine, the Tech Museum’s GFP wet-lab, and the San Francisco Wave Organ.