• Neil Gershenfeld’s TEDxCERN talk “Programming a new reality” and his 2011 paper “Aligning the representation and reality of computation with asynchronous logic automata” were circulated, along with MIT’s “molecular legos” demo page, framing a vision of programmable matter and asynchronous logic as foundations for future fabrication and computation.

• Participants explored using FabLabs as low-cost launchpads for community biotechnology education, explicitly requesting open protocols that would let any FabLab replicate a teaching bio-lab.

• A detailed DIY protocol for fabricating nanoporous membranes was shared: irradiate polycarbonate with alpha particles (americium from smoke detectors or radium paint) and etch in 85 °C NaOH; pore diameter is tuned by etch time, offering an accessible route to filtration and analytical devices.

• Three competing DIY nanopore approaches were compared—alpha-track-etched polycarbonate membranes, a custom sieve design, and Kent Kemmish’s “Demonpore” device—while referencing a diybio Google Groups thread and SiMpore’s US8808989 patent for context.

• A Bitcoin Magazine article on protocol governance was highlighted to emphasize that Bitcoin’s direction is ultimately decided by economic consensus, not by the preferences of core developers.

• Security resources posted included a Metasploit RCE vulnerability advisory on static-key deserialization and the ADMMutate shellcode mutation engine on GitHub, underscoring the channel’s interest in offensive/defensive tooling.

• A critique of industrial-parts supply chains argued that vendors like HepcoMotion who hide pricing create an “institutionalized scam,” whereas suppliers such as McMaster-Carr and Bishop-Wisecarver that publish fixed prices enable faster, fairer hardware development.