- A 2009 breach at Bio.CC exposed private directories via an HTTPD soft-link that Google indexed, illustrating early open-bio security pitfalls.  
- The BioFoundation’s open-bio.org team was credited with sequencing the tiger genome, while the Pogo bioinformatics CVS repo turned out to contain only Visual Basic code, prompting skepticism about its utility.  
- The GogoFuge open-source microcentrifuge (citizensciencequarterly.com, 2012) was highlighted as a DIY lab-hardware success, and the $5 ARM-based Stellaris LaunchPad was announced as an ultra-low-cost microcontroller platform for bio-projects.  
- Nootropic protocols discussed: aniracetam, citicoline, alpha-GPC, noopept plus coffee for focus/mood, with the caveat that racetams are prescription-only in Europe.  
- DIY spectroscopy ideas included a fiber-coupled CCD spectrometer kit on eBay for chemical ID, and video resources JoVE.com and DNAtube.com were recommended for lab technique tutorials.  
- Participants seriously proposed exhuming historical figures (e.g., James Clerk Maxwell) to extract DNA for identifying cognitive/metabolic variants, estimating <$500 per covert coffin sampling and noting DNA viability up to ~100,000 years.  
- The feasibility debate weighed the Denisovan girl’s 50 kyr high-quality genome (Guardian article) against obstacles: contamination, legal risk, cremation barriers (e.g., Hitler), and the need for expert authentication.  
- Philosophical counterpoint via Eben Moglen: societies waste most human cognitive potential, suggesting large-scale education might outperform elite DNA mining.