- A live Google-Maps-style AJAX interface to the Allen Institute’s neuroscience database was demonstrated, showing gene-expression data overlaid on a 3-D brain map and accessible via SPARQL endpoints (sparql.neurocommons.org:8890/map/#Kcnip3@2850,Kcnd1@2800).  
- Participants discussed merging this brain atlas with personal SNP data from services like 23andMe to correlate individual genetic variants with anatomical expression patterns and behavioral phenotypes.  
- The conversation extended to integrating additional neuro-imaging modalities (real-time fMRI, CT, PET) and user-generated tags/BibTeX annotations to create a dynamic “computational scaffold” for neurofeedback and open brain research.  
- Henry Markram’s “Blue Builder” software was mentioned as a prior example of algorithmically “growing” synthetic neural tissue in silico before full simulation, highlighting the need for similar open-source instantiation tools.  
- MIT’s SIMILE project (Longwell, Piggy-Bank, RDFizers, Solvent) was noted as a set of open-source tools for federating and visualizing heterogeneous metadata, potentially useful for aggregating neuroscience datasets.  
- A brief debate on lawn-mowing robots served as a microcosm for the broader frustration with manual labor and the perceived cultural resistance to low-cost automation solutions.  
- Links shared included Paul Laffoley lecture videos (altertube.tv), the Constructal Theory site (constructal.org), and a personal screenshot of early brain-visualization code running at ~30 fps (heybryan.org/shots/2008-07-17_brainshot.png).