• An Innocentive challenge titled “Extraordinary & Unorthodox Philanthropy” was highlighted, seeking unconventional, high-impact projects that lack traditional funding—explicitly inviting transhumanist or open-science proposals.  
• Wigle.net’s crowd-sourced map of Wi-Fi access points across the US was discussed as a potential data layer for augmented-reality heads-up displays, with notes on its community upload model and lack of signal-strength averaging.  
• A paper on “XArch: archiving scientific and reference data” (ACM citation) was retrieved and shared as a resource for long-term preservation of open research data.  
• The citizen-science platform Genomera was promoted for its “Butter Mind” study on dietary fat and cognition, with only nine sign-ups at the time and an open call for global participation.  
• DIY biology received enthusiastic endorsement, framed as a powerful route to decentralized, low-cost experimentation and innovation.  
• A new class of ultra-flexible, waterproof LEDs implantable under the skin was noted (via io9) as a near-term body-modification technology.  
• Discussion of open-source lab procurement pointed to eBay, LabX, and McMaster-Carr as go-to marketplaces for basement bio-lab equipment.  
• The absence of real-time, publicly accessible temperature datasets was lamented, sparking the idea of a distributed “temperature@home” network using on-board computer sensors and Google Maps overlays.