• Power-over-Ethernet now supports ≈100 W delivery, opening practical pathways for high-draw lab devices and distributed sensor networks without separate power supplies.  
• A 20-min PacBio sequencing workflow overview video was shared, giving open-hardware labs a concise primer on long-read library prep and SMRT cell operation.  
• Eric Drexler’s “3-D printing with proteins” concept was dissected: tileable, capped protein blocks that bind only after STM/AFM tip activation, enabling layer-by-layer construction of rigid nanostructures.  
• Azobenzene photoswitches embedded in engineered proteins can provide sub-nanometer, color-coded positional control for robotic nano-arms, potentially replacing AFM tips and bridging protein-based to diamondoid atomically precise manufacturing.  
• Post-translational modifications (acetylation, phosphorylation) and click-chemistry protecting groups were highlighted as reversible capping strategies for AFM-assisted selective self-assembly workflows.  
• Discussion framed the next concrete milestone: design a minimal protein “toolbox,” establish a synthetic-bio pipeline for mass-producing the bricks, then build an optically controlled nano-manipulator to eliminate AFM-tip wear and scale to diamondoid assemblers.