- Breakthrough Starshot’s $100 million commitment to build gram-scale light-sail probes for a 20-year flight to Alpha Centauri was highlighted as a concrete step toward interstellar exploration.  
- A new article in *Neo.Life* titled “The Dawn of Cheap and Easy DNA Writing” was shared, documenting falling costs and rising lengths of synthetic DNA, fueling discussion on how this accelerates bioengineering roadmaps.  
- Participants emphasized that access to very long, custom DNA strands is a critical bootstrapping requirement for building programmable molecular assemblers.  
- nmz787 offered to collaborate on micro- and nano-fluidic device design, reporting that a near-complete fabrication plan is in place to support low-cost, high-throughput DNA synthesis hardware.  
- kanzure circulated a personal wiki page (https://diyhpl.us/wiki/dna/synthesis/notes/) containing open-source notes, protocols, and vendor comparisons for DIY DNA synthesis.  
- A request for an “eBay for biohackers” prompted recommendations of The Odin (the-odin.com) as the closest existing marketplace for kits, reagents, and step-by-step guides.  
- A newly published ACS paper, “One among millions: The chemical space of nucleic acid-like molecules,” was linked, exploring the vast design space of xeno-nucleic acids that could expand genetic storage and catalytic capabilities.