• A prototype open-source liquid-handling robot for life-science automation was demonstrated; its creator (Tom Eberhard) is recruiting a biology co-founder and plans eventual relocation to the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Polyphenols such as proanthocyanidins, quercetin, and myricetin were identified as insulin-independent regulators of glucose metabolism, acting via GLUT2 inhibition, glucosidase blocking, and GLUT4 up-regulation in muscle tissue.

• SS-31 (elamipretide), a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant peptide discovered during opioid-receptor research, was discussed as a candidate anti-aging compound that improves muscle endurance, retinal health, and glucose tolerance in rodent and cell-culture studies.

• Alagebrium (ALT-711), a small-molecule scavenger of methylglyoxal that breaks advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), was noted as an available research-chemical anti-aging intervention.

• The SEC is reportedly issuing inquiry letters to hundreds of Bitcoin-related companies suspected of unregistered securities offerings, coordinating with IRS and FinCEN guidance to facilitate prosecution.

• Participants analyzed “abusive naked short selling” as an equity-market analogue to double-spending, enabled by the opaque Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) settlement layer that processes ~$1.7 quadrillion annually.

• Patrick Byrne’s campaign against the SEC and DTCC was highlighted, including his pivot to building a decentralized stock exchange on Bitcoin and the Counterparty protocol, with links to a 30-minute summary video and the Deep Capture investigative series.

• Anti-counterfeiting hardware concepts included embedding challenge–response crypto keys, using Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) based on wire-capacitance or laser-speckle patterns, and tamper-evident coatings that erase memory upon removal.

• Side-channel attacks such as laser voltage probing of SRAM or flash were identified as practical threats to secure hardware, underscoring the need for secure enrollment databases and physical shielding even for PUF-based RFID tags.

• The Harvard-Smithsonian ADS abstract service and its open developer API were shared as a tool for programmatic access to the scientific literature, complementing NASA’s open audio archive of historic spaceflight sounds and the open-source Maxima computer-algebra system.