• UPenn/RepRap team demonstrated 3-D printing of sucrose/glucose/dextran vasculature that dissolves to leave perfusable micro-channels in collagen gels, prompting debate on preventing lumen collapse during cell proliferation and the patent status of the sugar formulation.

• DIYbio Kenya and the “Journal of Peer Production” special issue on bio-hardware hacking were highlighted as case studies of open-source synthetic-biology innovation in the Global South.

• A practical wet-lab protocol question—how to dilute DMSO or DMF stock solutions into cell-culture media without harming cells—illustrated the everyday challenges faced by open-source biologists.

• Participants walked through a concise Git workflow for reconciling a forked neural-network repository with upstream changes, serving as impromptu onboarding for distributed version control in open-source AI projects.

• Discussion of cognition cited PKMζ, brain-network path length, and high cephalopod/dolphin EQ to argue that wiring efficiency, not raw neuron count, is the key determinant of intelligence.

• Shared links included NASA’s “magnetic portals” press release, Hilary Mason’s 30-minute machine-learning crash-course slides, and the NoArk “chimerical blob” art/bio project that aggregates living fragments from multiple species.

• PHD Comics animations and the multilingual PHD Movie (subtitled in 11 languages) were proposed as models for concise, globally accessible science communication aligned with transhumanist knowledge-sharing ideals.