- A microwave flash-sintering technique for inkjet-printed silver traces on polymer substrates was highlighted as a rapid, low-temperature route to flexible electronics.  
- The “whole brain emulation roadmap” was circulated, laying out technical milestones for large-scale brain simulation and neuron-level modeling.  
- Participants refined an open-source geometry library (SKDB) by adding OpenCASCADE wrappers and YAML serialization to enable scriptable CAD workflows.  
- SU-8 negative photoresist was identified as a low-cost MEMS/microfluidics material; 33 open-access papers on SU-8 processing, multilayer bonding, and HARMST limits up to 300 µm were collected and shared.  
- A DIY spin-coater built from a CD-ROM drive and DC motor was re-cited as the simplest route for SU-8 or PDMS thin-film coating.  
- Neural-interface hardware discussion covered spiral cuff electrodes (silicone rubber + Pt foil + stainless-steel wires) and multipolar nerve-cuff control papers.  
- A half-serious proposal emerged to inkjet-print neural tissue cultures pre-patterned with axon-growth proteins as a way to “port” trained artificial neural networks into biological substrates.  
- Cloud-chamber experimentation was proposed: a 6-ft plexiglass “mini-atmosphere” to grow and trigger precipitation, with suggestions for barium-titanate nucleation and hydrophobic coatings.  
- A universal web-scraping layer concept was outlined, combining user-guided XPath selection in uzbl, stored templates, and a Python framework (pyscholar) to shield command-line workflows from site redesigns.