- A DIY “cyber-roach” experiment was demonstrated in which a cockroach leg with attached electrodes drives a small wheeled robot, effectively using the leg as a living rate-encoder/microphone; open-source “SpikerBox” hardware and demo videos were shared.  
- Tim Marzullo’s “ganglionizer” project and Backyard Brains gear were showcased at the new BioCurious / Livly community lab, which already hosts an automated pipetting robot.  
- Neil Fraser published build notes for a low-cost “lava-lamp centrifuge” designed for microfluidic separation, with photos and schematics available online.  
- Singularity University’s 2010 Graduate Studies Program faculty list (Peter Norvig, Robert Freitas, Ralph Merkle, Atilla Chordás, etc.) was scraped and added to a personal CRM; kanzure is negotiating an “all-star” curriculum track to avoid scheduling conflicts.  
- Knome’s $68 k whole-genome service (with Harvard Club consultation) was compared to rumored $10 k Hong-Kong sequencing offers, prompting debate on the value of raw data versus annotation.  
- A Braille-input glove using finger-mounted accelerometers and vibrotactile feedback was highlighted as a silent wearable text-entry and reception interface.  
- An airborne-ultrasound tactile display that projects 3-D pressure fields in mid-air was demoed, sparking ideas for non-contact haptic radar and code-navigation feedback.  
- kanzure released an ad-hoc personal-CRM system: a YAML “meetlog.txt” parsed by a small Python script to track contacts, context, and follow-ups; related tools 1kfriend.ly and Etacts were referenced.  
- Open-source hardware and software links circulated include MBARI’s underwater MARS cabled observatory, the BBC “Superpower” internet documentary, a multi-scale connectome browser alpha, and Portland State Aerospace Society’s open-hardware rocketry.