- Cybathlon 2016 trailer was circulated as a benchmark for competitive assistive-technology events that stress-test BCI, exoskeleton and prosthetic systems.  
- Participants lamented the absence of open firmware dumps or technical documentation for cochlear implants, highlighting a barrier to DIY or research-level experimentation.  
- A debate questioned the relevance of IQ in transhumanist engineering, with one side arguing no intervention has yet required the IQ construct, while another defended its statistical predictive power for population studies.  
- Emotional-intelligence literature (Goleman 1995) was cited as showing stronger correlations than IQ with life-outcomes such as crime, depression and social popularity, and as being more trainable.  
- Practical advice: AWS free-tier EC2 instances with CUDA support were recommended for low-cost molecular-dynamics work when local VMs fail due to hardware limitations.  
- Current gene-synthesis pricing was compiled: IDT gBlocks ~$0.15/bp up to 2 kb, Gen9 ~$0.26/bp for 10 kb bricks, and Thermo-Fisher GeneArt strings requiring a business shipping address.  
- A business model for an open-source medical-device company was proposed: engineer ultra-low-cost equipment, release IP under permissive licenses, and fund operations through sales in under-served markets.  
- An IEEE paper on an integrated power-supply frequency-domain impedance meter (IFDIM) and the Analog Devices AD5933 impedance-analyzer IC were highlighted as key components for DIY bio-impedance projects.  
- “Post-human mathematics” (arXiv:1308.4678) was introduced, speculating on future computer-generated mathematics that may diverge from human-created formal systems.  
- Tissue-remodeling discussion explored whether fetal resorption mechanisms could inspire genetic or pharmacological methods to remodel bone and vocal-fold dimorphism beyond puberty.