- delinquentme presented LH002, an open-source liquid-handling robot inspired by the Tecan EVO but designed to eliminate wasted space; a 12-blade, full-stack unit is projected to cost under $10 k in parts and all printable files are hosted on GitHub.

- Discussion compared the project to George Church’s Polonator model, noting that companies such as Thermo Fisher have expressed interest in adopting or commercializing open-hardware lab automation.

- kanzure highlighted an early RepRap-era open-source syringe pump (Adrian Bowyer, Bath University) as the key building block for DIY microfluidics and shared links to SVG-based chip-design software and laser-cut test prints he produced.

- Participants reviewed active DIYbio projects: the LA Biohackers’ neural-tissue culture, extremophile selection/sequencing via Beijing Genomics Institute collaboration, and GFP amplification from squid—projects cited as evidence that biohacking is moving beyond “pre-Altair” days.

- Michael Nielsen’s new book on open-access publishing and his Hacker News essay on open science were circulated, alongside critiques of Elsevier’s $1.3 B net-profit margin in the context of Aaron Swartz / JSTOR debates.

- A lunar-space-elevator feasibility paper (LPI LEAG 2011) and toilet-paper microfluidics demo video were shared as examples of low-cost, rapid-prototyping approaches to space and bio hardware.

- kanzure posted a curated set of micromixing review papers and rotating-microchannel designs to aid Stee|’s research on synthetic-jet ejectors, illustrating the channel’s role as a living literature repository.

- General advice given to delinquentme: expect no single job to satisfy all research interests; instead pursue unfunded collaborations, CMU affiliations, or a Bay-Area hardware startup with fenn (co-developer of SKDB).