• CCC 2013 talks circulated included “Autonomous Ecosystem,” “Hacker Body,” “State-of-the-Art BCI,” “Strong AI,” and Joe Davis’s DNA-storage art piece that encoded the top 50 k Wikipedia articles (~9.5 GB) into the genome of an apple (~800 MB), sparking debate on DNA as archival medium versus “art-school gimmick.”

• Participants debated whether memories could survive whole-brain emulation if neurons are destroyed; the 2008 “Whole Brain Emulation Roadmap” PDF was cited as the canonical reference for technical feasibility.

• MEMS was framed as the near-term practical entry point for nanoscale devices, whereas atomic-scale NEMS remains 40–80 years out unless a hard-takeoff “foom” scenario accelerates progress.

• Self-education resources recommended: Coursera’s “Computational Neuroscience” MOOC and the search pattern “[topic] mooc” for quickly locating open courses in neurotech and nanotech.

• The trailer for the film “Transcendence” (Johnny Depp uploads to AI) prompted discussion on continuity-of-identity and the unresolved physical-substrate problem in mind uploading.

• A new Belgian DIYbio community launched at http://diybio.be/index.php/en/, expanding the European open-source biology network.

• A paywalled neuroscience paper (PMID 21354315) was retrieved via LibGen, illustrating routine use of shadow libraries to bypass journal paywalls for transhumanist and neurotech research.

• Technical tip shared: `GIT_ASKPASS=true git clone` suppresses username prompts in automated Git scripts.