- A Purdue paper on an electromagnetic microfluidic valve array was circulated; participants judged its single-row chamber layout a scalability bottleneck and contrasted it with kilovolt-driven, lens-free optically-induced electrowetting (SCOEW) as a droplet-actuation alternative.  
- Extensive technical discussion on DIY tDCS compared commercial devices (Soterix Medical) with open-source schematics from brmlab.cz, debated sub-milliamp regulator choices, and shared construction tips for saline-sponge/copper-disc electrodes while referencing a Reddit thread on safer designs.  
- Stee| offered unpublished microfluidics equations for profiling femto- to picoliter droplets—data exceeding what appears in the final thesis—and kanzure shared Google Group threads covering extrudable bioplastics, stove-top synthesis, PLA biosynthesis with evolved enzymes, and milk-based plastics for desktop bioplastic crackers.  
- A live literature-sharing session requested PubMed papers on tDCS and behavioral inhibition (PMIDs 21995999, 21459149, 20042788, 21790807, 22019079) and sought a paywalled Current Gene Therapy article, highlighting ongoing access barriers.  
- The group debated whether transhumanism advances faster through direct technical work or cultural outreach; kanzure argued 30 years of “talking” produced little, while others defended embedding transhumanist memes in art, fashion, and architecture and inspiring new researchers.  
- Stee| proposed creating a well-moderated transhumanist forum to archive projects, papers, and legal/philosophical discussion, and floated an “H+ hedge fund” or angel circle of technically literate investors to vet biotech/longevity start-ups within 2–3 years.  
- Participants warned of tightening U.S. regulation on non-military enhancement tech within 5–10 years, countered by the belief that distributed, personal development can outpace top-down control.  
- Historical shamanic use of weekly entheogenic “ecstatic states” was cited as a precedent for culturally embedded enhancement, paralleling modern regulatory hostility toward neuro-enhancement.