- Bio-Rad is running an AdWords campaign targeting the keyword “biopunk,” signaling growing corporate interest in the DIY-bio branding space.  
- The Arduino Due (ARM Cortex-M3, $46 at Mouser) is highlighted as a low-cost, beginner-friendly board for hardware prototyping in bio/maker projects.  
- A debate on the value of “Arduino-easy” versus deep electronics knowledge unfolds, with participants noting that large codebases (≥1 M lines) do not automatically equate to intelligence or good design.  
- Ray Kurzweil’s hiring as “Director of Engineering” at Google is questioned: participants ask whether the title is ceremonial or will involve real technical leadership, linking to a critical PZ Myers blog post.  
- Jordan Miller’s 2012 Nature Materials paper on “Rapid casting of patterned vascular networks for perfusable engineered 3-D tissues” is shared as a key open-access resource for organ-printing research.  
- The channel maintains a four-year public log archive (gnusha.org/logs) and an explicit “no-lulz” moderation policy aimed at preserving signal-to-noise ratio for serious transhumanist and bioengineering discussion.