- Emotiv EPOC EEG headset was discussed: a new user reported receiving the consumer version, praised its build quality, and planned neurofeedback experiments; developers in the channel noted that open-source drivers (emokit) had already been released, causing investor concern because Emotiv sells hardware at a loss and profits from SDK licensing.  
- Open-source CAD and 3-D printing links were shared: kanzure posted a scraped list of GitHub-hosted RepRap projects (reprap.links.txt), highlighted the Python-based 3-D scripting language Pycado, and pointed to an unofficial Thingiverse mirror (thingiverse-backup) and the parody site dongiverse.com.  
- A new computational-neuroscience news aggregator, compneuronews.org, was announced, along with Google Scholar’s newly public “Citations” profile database.  
- Bulk nootropic sourcing and commerce: a participant (Mokbortolan1) disclosed purchasing 28 kg of piracetam and planning 1 kg of noopept, running the tiny web store pureacetam.com, and moderating #reddit-nootropics; others discussed FDA supplement-regulation hurdles and the shelved idea of a custom-mix nootropic storefront.  
- Drug price-comparison project: kanzure introduced drugstack.com, a scraping and search engine effort that aggregates vendor pricing for nootropics and may resell the data to suppliers.  
- Industrial-robot logistics mystery: kanzure mentioned that a previously acquired industrial robot had vanished while on someone’s truck a year earlier.