• The SynBioSS synthetic-biology design suite is being ported to Linux; a CLI-only Python script is being written to reproduce its SBML output so that large-scale automated design can run without GUIs, and 50 MB of example XML files have been posted for testing.

• A “superneuron” multicompartment neuron simulator that uses differential equations for membrane potentials and ionic currents is under active development, with plans to add dendritic branching and noise to move beyond simple ANN arrays.

• DIY bioreactor experiments show that microwave treatment lyses or sinters algae cells, producing oil-like residues, but scaling raises ecological risk of non-native algal invasion into a nearby river, prompting containment discussions.

• A philosophical debate concluded that identity is a folk-psychology concept: even a perfect neuron-by-neuron simulation will diverge from its biological counterpart under different sensory histories, making exact identity transference impossible.

• Gene proposed tagging individual neurons with paramagnetic proteins to create ultra-high-contrast MRI agents for real-time functional brain mapping as a step toward mind uploading, while Kanzure argued that imaging alone is insufficient for reconstruction.

• Hardware experiments aim to generate 600–700 kHz ultrasonic pulses using an AVR PWM or 555 timer to replicate published phantom-sound experiments in cats, with links to wearable ultrasound brain-stimulation schematics and auditory-response papers.

• VOICED collaborators are struggling with data-format richness and interoperability in voice-controlled hardware design, highlighting the need for better open standards that the channel had already identified months earlier.

• xp_prg4 reported that an SBML exporter for a synthetic-biology CAD tool is ~50 % complete, with dynamic HTML forms already handled and reactants, products, and reactions now being serialized.

• Shared links include the SynBioSS source zip, superneuron documentation, rabbit-neuron simulation data (mauk.zip), SENS and M-Prize longevity sites, DIY ultrasound-brain-stimulation schematics, and reviews of neuroimaging modalities such as EROS.