- A “pepakura repstrap” concept was proposed on the RepRap forums as an ultra-low-cost path to bootstrap 3-D printer hardware by using folded-paper templates instead of machined parts.  
- OpenPCR.org published an open-source PCR thermocycler design, while channel participants criticized Tito Jankowski’s $200 acrylic gel boxes for poor sales (<10 units) and questioned the community’s fixation on them.  
- DIYbio activity is coalescing around the new Bay-Area coworking lab BioCurious (covered by Huffington Post and FORA.tv) and the diybio Google Group, with CrisisCommons.org and OilReporter.org cited as models for crisis-response coordination.  
- A biochemical model of aging was detailed, tracing mitochondrial electron leakage → superoxide → hydrogen peroxide → chronic oxidative stress → MAPK/ERK, NF-κB, mTOR, FOXO, cytokine cascades → tissue remodeling, stem-cell niche failure, senescence and oncogenesis.  
- A practical longevity protocol was outlined: repeated autologous IV transplantation of ex-vivo-expanded blood-derived stem cells into a “prepped” host while suppressing SOCS3/NF-κB and up-regulating thymosin β-4, claimed to enable 200-year lifespans and “painless adult genetic re-engineering.”  
- SpaceX’s successful Falcon 9 launch renewed discussion of off-world redundancy as civilizational risk mitigation, with OpenVirgle.net (open-source Mars habitation) and openmanufacturing.org offered as supporting resources.  
- Paul Rothemund’s DNA self-assembly of Sierpinski triangles (PLoS 2004) and the first oblique Game-of-Life spaceship “Gemini” were highlighted as real-world cellular-automata implementations, with links to the Golly simulator and ConwayLife forums.  
- Ubiquitous marine bioluminescent Vibrio spp. can be collected worldwide by agitating seawater; a striking photograph of a “milky sea” event (http://weirdnewsfiles.com/wp-content/weirdnewsuploads/milky_sea.jpg) was shared as evidence of large-scale bacterial bioluminescence.  
- A weekly voice/Skype journal-club for the DIYbio/hackerspace/transhumanist crossover community was announced to revive regular paper discussions.