- A browser-native build of OpenSCAD compiled with Emscripten (http://www.fabfabbers.com/openscad/) demonstrates that the normally CGAL/Qt-heavy CAD tool can now run entirely in JavaScript, lowering the barrier to entry for open-source hardware design.  
- The Glowing Plant Kickstarter (~$500 k raised) sparked ethical debate: participants argued the campaign misused BioCurious’ reputation without permission and questioned the credibility of the MBA behind the project.  
- A functional desktop scanning-electron microscope (ISI Mini-TV SEM) is available to Sudoroom for only the cost of transport; it requires ~30 ft², vacuum-pump maintenance, and gold-sputter sample preparation, offering a rare opportunity for open bio-lab instrumentation.  
- kanzure’s diyhpl.us archive hosts extensive open-access conference transcripts (H+ Summit 2010, Humanity+ Caltech, Open Science Summit 2010/2011) and tools such as paperbot (automated literature fetcher) and pdfparanoia (PDF watermark stripper), positioning it as a primary historical record of transhumanist discourse.  
- Participants dismissed the Global Future 2045 conference as a marketing exercise and instead promoted actionable projects listed at http://diyhpl.us/wiki/declaration, arguing that online collaboration outperforms in-person events for tangible transhumanist progress.  
- Technical discussion on headless-browser scraping highlighted the aging PhantomJS (QtWebKit 2010) and Mozilla’s deprecation of gtkmozembed; future paths considered include Servo and cairo-directfb for embedding Gecko without full X11.  
- The National Fab Lab Network Act was shelved, shifting grassroots focus to regional hackerspaces and bio-labs; entrepreneurial debate centered on whether to seed more incubators (MD/DC/VA corridor) or prioritize direct technical contribution over “waiting for leaders.”