- SKDB’s new matrix-free mating routines now align parts with simple SetTranslation() / SetRotation() calls instead of full 4×4 transforms, and unit tests for BRepAlgoAPI were added in commit r7014001af10f.  
- A debate on geometric-constraint languages surfaced: no implementation-independent standard exists, so the group is revisiting Sutherland’s 1963 SKETCHPAD thesis and watching HeeksCAD’s emerging constraint engine.  
- genehacker2 is prototyping a 3-D-printable pneumatic “wobble motor” using RTV silicone bladders; open questions include direct silicone extrusion vs. printed molds and embedding nylon fibers to prevent delamination.  
- Iceland lost the legacy CANTAT-3 trans-Atlantic cable, leaving only FarIce and DanIce; Smari criticized secret peering deals and hinted at undisclosed capacity-expansion projects.  
- TangibleBit gained XML and YAML exporters conforming to site.dtd, with plans for a generic Django “output anything” function to ease open-hardware data interchange.  
- The community weighed building a CNC mill as the first SKDB-packaged machine, citing two DIY guides (Engadget series and Instructables) and a $15 microwave-transformer welder as ultra-low-cost fabrication aids.  
- A proposed “science-TV” distribution system would automate ScienceDirect PDF harvesting by running Zotero’s JavaScript translators headlessly with HtmlUnit, adding to an existing 40 GB paper mirror.  
- Cryonics discussion covered liquid-N₂ storage, cryoprotectant toxicity, glass-transition dynamics, and a speculative nano-loop RF cooling scheme that damps Brownian motion in pulsed magnetic fields.  
- Participants explored whether a nanoscale magnet–coil system at thermal equilibrium could harvest ambient heat, questioning the second law and the net energy balance of RF damping vs. excitation.