# Key Points from IRC Discussions

• Developers were working on SKDB (Standard Kit of Design Bits), an open-source hardware database using Python and OpenCASCADE for 3D modeling, with efforts to automate the creation of exploded view diagrams from CT scans without manual disassembly.

• The group discussed the philosophical connection between transhumanism and "industrial literacy," suggesting that fabrication technologies enable people to become "system administrators" of both their tools and bodies, referencing Neil Gershenfeld's work on fabrication and literacy.

• Participants engaged in technical collaboration on Git repository management, including setting up CIA.vc commit announcements, fixing "djangit" (a Django-based Git viewer), and sharing techniques for merging repositories while preserving history.

• The conversation included detailed discussion of coordinate transformation mathematics using 4x4 matrices implemented in Python with numpy, focusing on matrix inversion and transformation code for the Open CASCADE library.

• A substantial brainstorming session covered transhumanist technology concepts, including genetic engineering ideas like "mechanosensitive ion channels activated through magnetically guided particles" and various biohacking approaches such as using body parts as bioreactors.

• Participants shared various technical resources including NumPy for MATLAB users, Google image search techniques for finding technical drawings, and visualization tools that could support transhumanist projects.