- Robert Freitas receives the first-ever patent on a mechanosynthetic manufacturing process, sparking discussion about the difficulty of funding radical nanotechnology despite its transformative potential.  
- BioTorrent is introduced as a BitTorrent-based system for sharing large biological datasets, highlighted in a Nature blog post and tied to a PLoS ONE paper on improving data portability in genomics.  
- A Stanford “gecko glove” climbing robot (StickyBot III) is showcased, illustrating advances in bio-inspired adhesion for robotics and human augmentation.  
- Participants explore a simple GUI meta-language for instructing fabrication or robotic tasks, proposing modular “action-object-modifier” templates to lower barriers to automated making.  
- A survey on “structory” (bit.ly/structory2) is circulated to gather community input on future directions.  
- Shaun Moss shares a detailed page on steelmaking techniques using lunar and Martian resources, underscoring ongoing interest in off-world manufacturing infrastructure.  
- A paper on the “Limits of Predictability in Human Mobility” is circulated, offering data-driven insights relevant to location-aware health and augmentation systems.  
- Les at the Austin hacker-space posts organizational updates, reflecting grassroots efforts to build local transhumanist and biohacking communities.