Hello Ted,
how are things? Has been a while.
Regarding using BridgeIt in our GoogleSummerOfCode projects, to be honest, I personally don't think we have the bandwidth to support that.
The focus for our GSoC ideas should be really AeroGear focused. Also the items you are quoting are from last year's list, and I am not sure there is still interest in support them for this year.
That said, if you like showing how to use BridgeIt w/ AeroGear that's fine - I will checkout the fork over the weekend, but I doubt that's an option for our GSoC project ideas.
Greetings,
Matthias