# Key Points from IRC Log

• Kanzure shared news about co-authoring a paper titled "Impacting Designer Creativity Through IT-Enabled Concept Generation" with links to the VOICED project and VisualizeIT, which appears to be a tool for enhancing design creativity.

• A massive collection of 370,000 ebooks (3 terabytes) was shared via http://free-books.dontexist.com/, prompting discussion about torrenting methods and specific technical books like "Brain Machine Interfaces for Space Applications."

• GitHub released Gollum, a Git-based wiki system, leading to discussion about various distributed version control system-based wikis including ikiwiki/piny (used by diyhpl.us) and Branchable hosting service.

• DIYbio NYC and BioBus collaboration won MAKE Magazine Editors' Choice Award, highlighting growing recognition for DIY biology projects.

• Technical discussion about visualization technology included mention of "Far Voxels" for interactive inspection of the Boeing 777 CAD model (350M triangles), demonstrating advanced real-time 3D rendering capabilities.

• A detailed 67-page analysis of the Stuxnet computer worm was shared, relating to discussions about potential cyber warfare targeting Iranian nuclear facilities.

• Updates to the parameterized-mendel GitHub repository were announced, likely related to 3D printing technology improvements.