- Glucose-powered biofuel-cell implants were evaluated as a potential human augmentation; participants concluded that useful current levels would demand either very large or multiple devices, and that retroperitoneal surgery is too invasive for DIY deployment.  
- A survey of existing medical slow-release implants (Norplant, Implanon, Mirena, implantable insulin pumps) was used to benchmark design constraints for future programmable drug-delivery implants, with clotting highlighted as a historical failure mode.  
- A new Current Biology paper (2012) was discussed that attributes the giant squid’s 27 cm, 9 cm-pupil eye to early detection of sperm-whale silhouettes at >120 m depth, illustrating extreme evolutionary optimization for predator avoidance in the deep sea.  
- French researchers reportedly restored proliferative capacity in 100-year-old human fibroblasts by expanding the Yamanaka cocktail to six factors (OCT4, Sox2, Klf4, c-Myc, NANOG, LIN28), suggesting a refined iPSC reprogramming protocol that may improve rejuvenation therapies.  
- Open-hardware links circulated included table-salt-assisted 10 nm lithography enabling 18 TB HDDs, graphene updates, a 15 µm-resolution magnetic linear-encoder kit from MakerBot, a DIY smartphone microscope lens, and a walking self-defense chair video.  
- A proposed culture-jamming campaign would crowdfund billboards or TV spots to broadcast deliberately absurd, non-commercial content (e.g., Nyancat) in order to provoke public curiosity and media reflection.  
- A debate on Richard Dawkins’ priorities argued that eliminating death via longevity escape velocity (LEV) would undermine religion more effectively than atheist advocacy, implying that Dawkins should redirect his influence toward LEV research.  
- A Drosophila study showing oxygen-induced increases in tracheal volume and body size was linked, with a follow-up experiment mentioned in which silkworms are being bred in high-oxygen chambers to test similar morphological plasticity.