- The channel mocked the “Occupy API” wiki page (http://www.miiu.org/wiki/The_Occupy_API_(Alexis_Madrigal)) as a buzz-word-laden, non-programmatic document that merely mimics API documentation without offering real interfaces.  
- Participants debated whether the term “API” has become a meaningless marketing buzzword when applied to social movements.  
- A link to NASA’s live Ustream feed for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) launch was shared (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html).  
- The full MSL technical paper was posted (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090007730_2009006430.pdf), highlighting engineering details such as supersonic parachute deployment.  
- A Science Hack Day project called “Syneseizure” (http://syneseizure.wordpress.com/)—a wearable device that translates visual input into tactile stimulation—was introduced and critiqued for its “gimpsuit” aesthetics.