- The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) open-source hardware project surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal, as announced by eudoxia with a link to the campaign page.  
- A discussion on cognitive-enhancement pharmaceuticals covered personal experiences with Adderall, Concerta, and methylphenidate, including long-term use (>10 years) and side-effect monitoring ideas such as DIY Arduino-based EKGs with accelerometer noise correction.  
- kanzure shared an IEEE Spectrum video of Boston Dynamics’ AlphaDog prototype, noting its scale becomes apparent only when shown next to humans.  
- superkuh described a DIY materials-science project to grow near-infrared birefringent beam splitters from sodium nitrate using 1944/1963 patents, requiring only a hot plate and freshly cleaved mica as a crystallization template.  
- A Google SketchUp model of superkuh’s apartment was presented to plan vacuum-pump integration and crystallizer-rack placement, illustrating constrained CAD modeling for lab-in-a-small-space design.  
- fenn linked to Sacha Chua’s extensive personal time-tracking and clothing-inventory logs, prompting reflection on quantified-self practices and the lure of Emacs org-mode for personal data management.  
- ybit circulated two research papers via MediaFire: one on organic electronics on natural cotton and another open-label pilot study on modafinil for seasonal affective disorder.  
- The channel’s culture was highlighted when kanzure noted it is “the longest running transhumanism channel” and emphasized a focus on actually building things rather than purely philosophical discussion.