• Memristor nano-imprint devices have reached a size and complexity level that allows replication in university labs and even by motivated hobbyists, according to a shared Wiley-VCH paper.  
• The RepRap community is debating migration from Subversion to Git, weighing a simple “users/username/” folder approach against proper distributed branching to avoid technical debt.  
• A new parametric CAD kernel is being prototyped in Python to replace the heavy OpenCASCADE dependency in SKDB, with naming candidates including “slither,” “lolcad,” and “cadmus.”  
• Theo Jansen’s kinetic “creatures” were discussed as already being simulated in Box2D and used in games like Fantastic Contraption, highlighting accessible physics engines for mechanical design.  
• BioCurious, the open biotech lab, was featured in Kickstarter’s newsletter and had raised $17 k of a $30 k goal, illustrating grassroots funding for community biology spaces.  
• Two academic resources were shared: a novel hardware description language called HML that compiles to VHDL, and a paper on transformational system design using formal computational models and skeletons.  
• A channel member announced an upcoming body-implant procedure scheduled for September 23, reflecting ongoing practical transhumanist experimentation within the community.  
• Python packaging challenges for SKDB dependencies were contrasted with Ruby gems, leading to recommendations for pip and easy_install as installation tools.