- SovereignBleak asked for Danish biohackers who could encapsulate two magnets in Sugru, Parylene-C, or silicone for a body-modification project.  
- kanzure promoted his open-source CAD efforts: a Python NURBS library called “lolcad” (git://diyhpl.us/lolcad.git) that exports to STEP, plus pointers to BRL-CAD, Alibre Design, HeeksCAD, and PythonOCC wrappers for OpenCASCADE.  
- CryptoQuick outlined early design thoughts for self-replicating “auxons,” noting the extremely low crustal abundance of copper (~10⁻⁴–10⁻⁵) as a key resource constraint and soliciting ideas for microcontroller-to-actuator interfaces beyond solenoids.  
- kanzure described how the SKDB project originally aimed to map a closed-loop graph of manufacturing processes capable of reproducing themselves, providing a strategic framework for bootstrapping self-replicating machines.  
- The channel discussed the demise of Nanorex (14 000 lost CVS commits) and the Extropy Institute (funding exhaustion), with kanzure noting he rescued and converted the NanoEngineer-1 repository to Git and hosts it at http://diyhpl.us/cgit/nanoengineer.  
- Participants debated the merits and frustrations of proprietary CAD tools—Solid Edge, SolidWorks, SketchUp—and the difficulty of pirating recent SolidWorks releases versus buying the student edition.  
- kanzure linked the Austin Google I/O Extended agenda (https://sites.google.com/site/austinioextended/agenda) and later posted GRG longevity-meeting photos (http://www.grg.org/meetings/announce.html).  
- ybit reported a 23andMe finding of distant relation to a Bishop and reminded kanzure to supply STEP-format documentation.  
- Discussion referenced a LessWrong post examining SIAI finances, including a reported $118 803 theft in 2009, prompting criticism of the organization’s management.