- George Church’s TEDxCERN talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWSYtgTLQFw) was circulated, highlighting the Genome-in-a-Bottle reference standard (http://genomeinabottle.org) and the Personal Genome Project (http://www.personalgenomes.org) as open data resources; Amazon and NCBI already host PGP and 1000 Genomes datasets.  
- A new open-hardware fluorescence in-situ sequencing protocol was shared: Mitra et al. “Fluorescent in situ sequencing on polymerase colonies” (http://arep.med.harvard.edu/pdf/Mitra03c.pdf).  
- The channel’s paperbot tool was discussed for automatic retrieval of pay-walled articles; participants debated integrating Sci-Hub as the primary backend and considered hosting mirrors on Russian servers to improve reliability.  
- Two neuroscience papers were requested and mirrored: one on electrocortical correlates in competitive rifle shooters (Scand J Med Sci Sports 2000) and another from Cerebral Cortex (1992) on motor control, both now cached at diyhpl.us.  
- A DIY laser-optical phonograph project was proposed; links to AES and IEEE papers on optical playback and cylinder-digitization techniques were collected for reverse-engineering.  
- KiCAD was endorsed as the preferred free/open EDA suite for collaborative PCB design of bio-electronics prototypes.  
- Discussion of Edward Snowden’s background included curiosity about the nature of “diplomatic cover” for CIA IT personnel and the implications for national-security hiring practices.