- The 9-part YouTube upload of the documentary “Transcendent Man” (Ray Kurzweil biography) was taken down worldwide within hours, prompting a switch to torrent distribution (KickassTorrents link provided) and discussion of DRM failures.  
- Memristors were highlighted as a key emerging technology, with a link to Wikipedia’s “Potential applications” section circulated for their long-term relevance to neuromorphic hardware and radical life-extension scenarios.  
- London Hackspace announced a fundraising drive specifically for biology-related projects; the Google Groups thread was shared as a model for grassroots bio-lab financing.  
- Louisville’s LVL1 hackerspace floated plans for open-source EEG and sleep-studies hardware, illustrating growing grassroots interest in low-cost neuro-monitoring.  
- Personal Genome Project data became newly downloadable: George Church’s 23andMe-derived exome (93.46 % coverage) was noted, along with confusion over the apparent “1 300 genes” figure.  
- Google’s new recipe search, micro-format specification, and “Google Squared” were dissected as examples of structured-data experiments, with participants mocking the nonsensical “pen + frog” squared result.  
- CNCzone founder Paul Gentile mobilized the forum’s large user base to lobby U.S. Congress, demonstrating maker-community political engagement.  
- An Inkscape-to-G-code plugin from the Russian CNC-club forum was shared as a practical open-source CAM tool for desktop fabrication.  
- Analogies comparing RepRap→Debian, MakerBot→Ubuntu, and Arduino→“Linux kernel of hardware” framed debates over open-source hardware governance, funding, and user adoption.