- A 3-D printable case for the Openmoko GTA04 phone was shared (http://blog.slyon.de/3d-printed-gta04-case/), illustrating early open-source hardware customization.  
- A “time-perception graphing device” was proposed that would plot subjective passage of time on a paper roll driven by computer-usage metrics to visualize how focused work alters perceived time.  
- A DIY gene-therapy experiment was outlined: design a plasmid to over-express a native human gene and deliver it to muscle via custom-built electroporation instead of liposomes, citing higher in-vivo efficiency and lower cost; safety and immune-reaction concerns were debated.  
- The SixthSense wearable AR interface (http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/) was introduced as an accessible open-hardware project that “steel” may replicate for a thesis.  
- Newcomers seeking “immortality” and whole-body DNA replacement were directed to curated longevity literature (http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/longevity/) and gene-therapy resources (http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/gene-therapy/), while veterans emphasized starting with bacterial GFP/RFP projects, basic molecular-biology protocols (http://protocol-online.org/), and bioinformatics portals (UCSC Genome Browser, KEGG, MetaCyc).  
- Human-powered flight via engineered wings was dismissed as aerodynamically impossible; jetpacks or mechanical augmentation were suggested as nearer-term personal flight solutions.  
- Biology was repeatedly contrasted with software: gene editing, protein design, and cell culture involve wet-lab complexity that current abstraction tools (BioBricks, scripting analogies) still fail to hide.  
- Practical guidance for genome browsing was provided: install Biopython on Ubuntu, use NCBI’s FTP for reference genomes, and explore web-based NCBI resources for promoter, exon, and splice-site visualization.