• Emokit reverse-engineering: M-xDaeken released an open-source driver for the Emotiv EPOC EEG headset (https://github.com/daeken/Emokit) that decrypts the proprietary USB protocol in ~5 hours; encryption is plain AES-ECB with a 16-byte key extracted from the Windows SDK, and the repo now includes a pygame-based real-time renderer and an (untested) Linux build.

• Sensor mapping progress: High-byte identities for all EEG channels are largely resolved; gyroscope data were located by observing byte-level changes while moving the headset, and a simple on-screen cursor demo proves the gyro is correctly decoded.

• OpenVibe integration: Work is underway on an acquisition server to stream decoded EPOC data into the open-source OpenVibe BCI framework; M-xDaeken plans to publish full protocol documentation to spare others the reverse-engineering pain.

• DIY TMS resources: kanzure shared links to an open-source rTMS electronics guide (http://home.tu-clausthal.de/~vttsc/OpenrTMS/electronics.html), a Scientific American overview of transcranial magnetic stimulation, and the iPlant.eu initiative on ethical, personalized neuromodulation.

• Open-manufacturing vehicles: Local Motors (http://local-motors.com) was highlighted for publishing actual IGES CAD files of community-designed cars, demonstrating a working model of open-source hardware in the automotive space.

• Naming debate for a new Pythonic CAD kernel: Participants brainstormed dozens of tongue-in-cheek names (scantilycad, lolcad, libertycad, cadmander, etc.) for a lightweight, non-bloated solid-modeling library intended as the successor to the stalled SKDB project.

• Miscellaneous links: The log also contained pointers to a programmer-hierarchy cartoon, a 700 MB FBO government-procurement data dump, and the upcoming bioethics.gov livestream, but these received minimal discussion.