- Ed Boyden’s Inscopix talk on “creating tools and disrupting neuroscience” was circulated, along with his recent tweets on new neuro-technology developments.  
- A 2011 PNAS paper on “Safe-Sequencing System (Safe-SeqS)” was highlighted; the method uses unique molecular identifiers (UIDs) and redundant sequencing to push rare-variant detection below the noise floor of standard NGS platforms.  
- Second-hand Ion Torrent PGM and OneTouch instruments appeared on eBay for ~US $1 k–$2 k, flagged as potentially viable entry-level gear for open-source genomics labs.  
- Live notes from TransVision 2017 (Brussels) summarized Day-1 themes: global coordination vs. local autonomy in transhumanist organizing, chronic volunteer attrition, and Anders Sandberg’s claim that longevity research is talent- rather than funding-constrained.  
- Critique of the “volunteer model” for transhumanist projects: participants argued that paying skilled contributors is more effective than relying on unpaid enthusiasts who drift to better-funded tech giants.  
- A passing suggestion to train eagles to drop weighted blankets over rogue drones instead of physically attacking them was offered as a less destructive counter-UAV tactic.