- A newly-published CMU paper (kim-isca14.pdf) shows that repeatedly hammering the same DRAM row on Intel and AMD systems can corrupt adjacent rows, bypass caches, and defeat ECC, with roughly half of tested memory cells vulnerable to single-bit-flip exploits.  
- BGI’s Cognitive Genomics Lab and Jonathan Rothberg’s “Project Einstein” have already collected >2,000 DNA samples from high-IQ individuals and are 4× whole-genome sequencing them; 400 elite mathematicians and physicists will be added by summer 2014 to hunt for genetic contributors to extreme cognitive ability.  
- Participants debated the feasibility of an open-source microfluidic parts registry, concluding it is “premature optimization”; lightweight alternatives such as SVG/YAML or CadQuery/YAML were suggested, and cloud FEA platforms (Rescale, Autodesk, Comsol, Fluent, OpenFOAM) were noted as existing tools for pre-fabrication simulation.  
- DNA computing resources shared include Luca Cardelli’s “Strand Algebras for DNA Computing” paper and Microsoft’s open-source DSD (DNA Strand Displacement) language for programming molecular circuits.  
- A regulatory paradox was highlighted: a sensitive assay for detecting myostatin inhibition (PMID 23913913) exists, yet no approved human method for actually inhibiting myostatin is available, prompting discussion on the need for “remote technology-existence verification” to confirm whether claimed technologies have truly been developed.  
- Practical references archived for wet-lab work include a comprehensive surfactant guide (Salager-E300A.pdf) covering formulations “from butter to bubble bath,” Addgene’s open CRISPR protocol repository (addgene.org/CRISPR/guide/), and an ACS paper on “Material Degradomics: On the Smell of Old Books” (10.1021/ac9016049).