- A Trends in Cognitive Sciences article on the perception of time, space and numbers was circulated, underscoring ongoing interest in the cognitive foundations of transhumanist augmentation.  
- DARPA launched VehicleFORGE, an open-source platform for collaborative vehicle design, and LeanMES, an open-source manufacturing execution system, were both highlighted as examples of government and community efforts to democratize advanced engineering tools.  
- Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) technology was presented as a mature, scalable alternative energy source, with links to detailed risk analyses and Google Tech Talks.  
- A Kickstarter campaign for a DIY Arduino EEG kit and the MakerBot-generated music demo were shared as low-barrier entry points for bio-signal hacking and creative hardware experimentation.  
- DIYbio.org’s blog pipeline was noted to have three queued articles from Jeswin John, Cathal, and hundred-ideas, with an open call for additional citizen-science contributors.  
- Historical reference to the 1950s U.S. screwworm-eradication program—mass-rearing, irradiating, and airdropping 500 billion sterile male flies weekly—was offered as a precedent for large-scale biological intervention.  
- An Italian Singularity Summit was announced, expanding the global calendar of transhumanist conferences.  
- A CS undergraduate solicited one-year PhD thesis ideas at the intersection of neural networks and cybernetics, prompting a caution that serious BCI work demands deep neuroanatomy and neurophysiology knowledge; a curated paper collection (http://bio.cc/Bioinformics/papers/) was provided as a starting point.