• HP’s 2009 TiO₂ memristor breakthrough, detailed in a Stanford talk, promises non-volatile memory with “geological” data retention and 20 GB cm⁻² density by 2013, potentially replacing flash and enabling petabit-scale neuromorphic “brain-on-a-chip” architectures with 10¹¹ synapses cm⁻².  
• A 2009 Physical Review E paper (arXiv link shared) demonstrates an LC-memristor circuit that mimics slime-mold adaptive learning, underscoring memristors’ role in biologically inspired computation.  
• Channel members are actively reverse-engineering the Emotiv EPOC EEG headset: consumer units AES-encrypt data, but kyledrake is writing open-source Python to extract raw EEG from the $500 research SDK, while kanzure hosts data dumps and logs at diyhpl.us/irc/emotiv/epoc/.  
• Open-source CAD bottlenecks were discussed: kanzure criticized the proprietary SMLib non-manifold geometry library and ITAPS’ SolidWorks importer for restrictive licenses, while jmil set up a 15-minute cron git-to-SVN mirror for the RepRap repository to keep legacy users in sync.  
• DIY space resources circulated include Hojun Song’s Lift Asia talk on the Open Source Satellite Project (opensat.cc) and a Vimeo recording, plus a Space Show episode with Dan Adamo critiquing on-orbit propellant depots.