# Key Points from IRC Log (Jan 22, 2012)

• A transhumanist event was shared by utopiah_ titled "Futur Transhumaniste: Paradis ou Enfer" (Transhumanist Future: Paradise or Hell), with Anders Sandberg presenting on risk research.

• Open Source Ecology was discussed as a project developing 50 open-source machines that could serve as a "civilization seed" - including tractors, induction furnaces, and 3D printers built at the lowest possible cost.

• A related project was mentioned that offers a 15GB database containing knowledge to progress from "almost stone age to a reasonable level of agriculture and technology," though the specific name wasn't recalled.

• Discussion of bioprinting technology occurred, with references to Jordan Miller's (jmil) unreleased RepRap modifications for cell/tissue printing applications.

• Various bioprinting techniques were briefly discussed, including jet printing with photopolymer/protein scaffold mixtures and potentially stereolithography (SLA) for tissue engineering applications.

• A user shared a link to a paper about skin bioreactors, suggesting open source bioreactor technology could accelerate adoption of tissue engineering technologies.