- Slashdot discussion linked about inaccuracies in the Nobel Prize committee’s graphene award, highlighting ongoing debate over the physics and attribution.  
- DIYbio milestone: superkuh successfully grew centimeter-scale triglycine sulfate (TGS) crystals and posted a photo, noting they will be cleaved for seed crystals in an improved crystallizer aimed at eventual fusion applications.  
- fenn and superkuh briefly discussed open-source speech synthesis (Flite) and ALSA audio routing, plus the suggestion to contribute the TGS crystal image to Wikipedia.  
- kanzure circulated several longevity-research links: Miriam Leis’s EFP test site, Science vs Aging portal, Russian “Upgrade Way” initiative, and the Immortality Bank project.  
- DIY-GEM / Baltimore iGEM team presentation PDF shared, along with pointers to Emeka Okafor as a key connector between DIYbio, Maker Faire Africa, and broader maker communities.  
- Humanity+ conference logistics: kanzure was asked to run a Twitter-based retweet contest giving away free tickets, despite lacking funds to attend himself; Todd later offered fenn a free ticket.  
- fenn questioned the coherence of the claim that “if your life patterns don’t change after becoming a transhumanist, you don’t understand transhumanism,” prompting agreement from joshcryer.  
- the Audeo EMG sensor—originally for subvocal speech detection—was highlighted as a ~$200 open-interface device adaptable to other bio-signal projects.