- Open Source Ecology is seeking help to build an open-source tool chain for fabricating the solenoid-driver PCB used in their Arduino-based Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) Press controller; they need open-source circuit-mill designs and toolpath files.  
- Tinkercad, a browser-based voxel-modeling CAD tool, raised a $1 million seed round, prompting discussion about WebGL support on Linux and skepticism over the tool’s technical depth.  
- GrabCAD was mentioned as an additional online CAD-sharing platform alongside Tinkercad.  
- A pull request (#23) on the pythonOCC GitHub repository was highlighted, indicating ongoing work to expose OpenCASCADE CAD kernels to WebGL for browser-based 3-D modeling.  
- Participants debated the merits of crowdsourced micro-funding versus traditional angel and venture capital, concluding that small-dollar crowdfunding is often inappropriate for hardware projects that need large capital infusions.  
- A member currently in Japan reported difficulty locating a local scientific or transhumanist community around Hiroshima University and is exploring ways to connect with researchers there.