• The channel crowdsourced a living list of open-science principles anchored by the “Open Science Manifesto” (open-science.pen.io) and the Panton Principles, aiming to collect real-world examples of open research practices.

• Nottingham University’s SLAB project was highlighted for culturing 10-neuron networks that interact with a virtual environment in real time, reviving debate over whether tiny biological circuits outperform pure simulation, with Ted Berger’s flight-simulator neuron work cited as precedent.

• DIY tongue-based sensory-substitution prototypes were discussed, including dense gold-plated PCB electrode arrays (ENIG finish) to deliver vision-like input through the tongue, referencing University of Pittsburgh trials and Zach Hoeken’s “mouthbrain” project.

• A shared research folder explored the electric eel’s electro-organ as a natural stacked-diode Cockcroft–Walton voltage multiplier, speculating on analogous human neural structures that could enable biological RF transmission.

• The Methuselah Foundation’s New Organ Liver Prize was noted: six teams (Badylak, Lagasse, Takebe, Uygun, et al.) are competing to create a regenerative liver that keeps a large animal alive 90 days without native liver function for a $1 million award.

• “Lab Fellows” was introduced as an “Uber for lab instruments,” while members weighed the risks and economics of buying used centrifuges on eBay and navigating university surplus yards such as UC San Diego’s lot (http://surplus.ucsd.edu/Lot.aspx?id=92535).

• Capital constraints at early-stage biotech startups were illustrated by a two-person company in a shared incubator explaining why a benchtop centrifuge is adequate and a floor model unjustified, highlighting the thrift culture of open biotech ventures.

• Peripheral tools circulated included GitHub-synced LaTeX collaboration (https://www.sharelatex.com/github/), the tongue-in-cheek “open-source P2P money” redirect http://dollar.fail/, and paperbot-assisted retrieval of paywalled Nature Neuroscience and Science Signaling articles via LibGen.