• A call-for-papers was circulated for an essay collection on “the prospects of various transhuman breakthroughs and likely timeframes,” with abstracts due 7 May 2010, indicating an active effort to formalize timelines for key H+ technologies.  
• kanzure reported that the pro-bono MBA volunteer who had been drafting business documents for the gnusha open-source biology project “flaked out,” leaving the venture without administrative support.  
• Bill Nye appeared in a newly posted Vimeo video (http://www.vimeo.com/10636605) demonstrating MakerBot 3-D printing, highlighting early mainstream exposure of desktop fabrication.  
• The openvirgle group floated the concept of “open-source robotic ambassadors for martian first-contact scenarios,” extending open-source hardware thinking to interplanetary diplomacy.  
• Singularity University received ~1,600 applications for its 2010 class, underscoring surging interest in formal transhumanist/AI education programs.  
• kanzure was interviewed by Newsday.com about DIY biology; the reporter lost interest upon learning the current focus is laboratory-equipment building rather than wet-lab molecular biology.  
• John Smart provided references on immune-system engineering in response to an earlier inquiry, with kanzure offering to forward them to nsh.  
• kanzure shared experimental contact-pattern visualizations (threshold_graphs vs. graphs) that quantify communication frequency and gaps between collaborators over multi-year spans, illustrating attempts to model long-term project cohesion.