• Exercise-mimetic drugs: A Fight Aging post was shared proposing “take a pill that has the biochemical effect of a triathlon,” framing the development of exercise mimetics as the next step after calorie-restriction mimetics.

• Longevity X-Prize idea: Participants suggested creating incremental prizes for extending mouse lifespan—e.g., a “10-year mouse,” “20-year mouse”—and emphasized the need for combinatorial studies that target distinct pathways rather than redundant ones.

• Open-source 3-D super-resolution microscopy: A Nature Methods paper on multifocal structured-illumination microscopy (SIM) was highlighted; the technique doubles resolution in live, multicellular organisms using only commercially available parts and open-source software.

• BrainGate BCI demo: A new YouTube video of a robotic arm controlled via BrainGate brain-computer interface was circulated, prompting discussion about the disappearance of earlier BrainGate tongue-display research.

• Alpha-2-delta synaptic-volume discovery: Weill Cornell researchers reportedly found that the single protein α2δ governs neurotransmitter release volume across synapses, a potential drug target for cognitive modulation.

• Copenhagen Suborbitals & hackerspaces: bkero contacted Copenhagen Suborbitals for a rocket-test visit and noted proximity to both Labitat and Illutron hackerspaces, illustrating grassroots aerospace and biohacker overlap.

• Virtual biotech critique: An xconomy.com article on “virtual biotech companies” was shared, questioning whether such entities rest on “solid bedrock or unstable landfill.”

• Quantified Self community gap: Discussion noted the absence of a dedicated QS IRC channel, with the quip that “they exclusively communicate by blog comments.”

• AGI-2012 call for papers: Utopiah posted the CFP for the 2012 Artificial General Intelligence conference (agi-conf.org).

• Dietary biohacks & autophagy: jrayhawk detailed personal protocols—protein/carb fasting, cold exposure, bulk coconut-oil purchases, 24-hour stews, and butter-in-coffee—to trigger autophagy while avoiding chronic caloric restriction’s thyroid down-regulation.