- The channel debated practical cognitive enhancement: Adderall was mentioned as a current tool, while meditation and DIY brain stimulation (ultrasound neuromodulation) were proposed as safer or more scalable alternatives.  
- DIY EEG hacking was highlighted: the Emotiv EPOC headset was discussed, along with the open-source Emokit driver (github.com/daeken/emokit) that enables raw-data access, and the group’s role in publicizing the hack via H+ Magazine.  
- A call for broader participation was made: participants argued that “hackers and normal people” should actively join low-cost BCI and neuro-feedback projects to accelerate development and adoption.  
- Protein-structure research logistics surfaced: dbolser shared a PNAS paper on “Maps of protein structure space,” offered to list kanzure as a co-author with an affiliation to South Korea’s Personal Genomics Institute, and discussed using kanzure@gmail.com as a corresponding-author email—an intentional nod to injecting open-source culture into formal literature.  
- Open-science infrastructure chatter included ybit obtaining a shell account on gnusha.org for irssi and darcs hosting, and a brief exchange about restricting user-directory URLs to canonical domains.  
- Michael Nielsen’s new book “Reinventing Discovery” was announced; disappointment followed that Huntsville TEDx declined to feature him despite outreach by ybit.  
- Links of note: diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/neuro/ultrasound/ (ultrasound brain-stimulation papers), flickr.com/groups/biocuriouslabpool/ (BioCurious photo pool), and lytro.com/camera (light-field camera) were shared.