- Monoclonal-antibody drug discovery relies on large mutant libraries and phage-display panning to screen for high-affinity binders against specific gene regions.  
- DIYbio Europe’s latest meet-up was criticized for poor documentation—only one blog post emerged from ~50 attendees, highlighting the need for better open-science record-keeping.  
- Synthetic folic acid may act as a free radical and accelerate neoplastic progression, whereas natural tetrahydrofolate is the bioactive form; epidemiological papers were shared to support this metabolic distinction.  
- A low-cost raster-scanning laser-projection HUD was demonstrated using a $10 torsion-rod mirror made from a hard-disk platter, aiming to undercut $400 commercial pico projectors for mass “borg” deployment (video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NTpwygS8baY).  
- Steve Mann’s fiber-optic HMD approach was analyzed; the current demo is a Myvu crystal plus BeagleBoard, with fiber bundles reportedly achieving ~20 k “leeched fiber pixels,” but open hardware plans remain unavailable.  
- Early transhumanist manifestos (1992 “Extropia,” 1996 Extropian Principles) were revisited and criticized for over-emphasizing philosophy and “smart drugs” while omitting core technical texts like “Molecular Biology of the Cell” and practical maker skills such as welding.  
- The now-defunct ICEGODS project (http://www.icegods.com/) was recalled as an early, secretive transhumanist group claiming satellite-software work but offering almost no technical detail.  
- Maker culture and e-waste reuse were championed: one participant scaled a FreeGeek/hackerspace hybrid in Arkansas to 35 hours of classes per week and is now replicating the model in Washington, DC.