- A participant shared a DIY dental case study: enamel loss exposed caries-softened dentine while leaving the nerve intact, prompting tongue-in-cheek speculation about using the exposed nerve as a sensory interface.  
- Community members outlined practical blood-draw logistics: phlebotomy students and technicians will practice on volunteers, and self-phlebotomy was judged low-risk and learnable.  
- YouTube’s 7-year scalability post-mortem was circulated, revealing a “fake data” trick—incrementing counters by random amounts to avoid real-time transactions—casting doubt on the accuracy of public view counts.  
- SENS Foundation’s 2011 annual report disclosed $1.5 M in expenses and the upcoming release of a “de Grey family trust” warchest, signaling larger future budgets for longevity research.  
- Participants weighed the legal and technical hurdles of mirroring the entire ScienceDirect catalog; kanzure noted he already holds a large fraction and warned that automated publisher identification via Google fails without OCR.  
- Real-time satellite imagery capabilities were contrasted: civilian Google Sky/Mars/Moon and 45-degree aerial photos versus DARPA’s ACTUV near-real-time ocean surveillance and micro-drone concepts.  
- Open Source Ecology (OSE) debated how to manufacture universal power supplies without violating broad patents, with proposals ranging from offshore production to deliberate infringement followed by litigation risk.  
- The group explored using bauxite tailings (“red mud”) as a binder in compressed-earth-brick (CEB) production to compensate for local soils deficient in silt and sand.