- KurzweilAI article “We could get to the singularity in ten years” was shared as a reference point for timeline debates.  
- A LessWrong post by Kaj Sotala on “5-second level case study: value of information” was circulated; participants judged it “mostly obvious” but still worth filing for its decision-analysis framing.  
- Discussion of the $903 billion equipment-finance sector highlighted lease securitization—selling future cash-flows from lease receivables—as a lower-cost capital source for hardware-heavy startups, with a link to an academic paper explaining the mechanics.  
- Actobotics™ structural robotics kit (ServoCity) was introduced as a “grown-up Erector set” for rapid prototyping of mechanical systems.  
- Grinder/biohacker enhancements were debated: subdermal magnets and RFID implants versus simpler external attachment; interest expressed in developing a sanitary, persistent trans-dermal human port.  
- Ion-exchange resin beads used in column chromatography were proposed as candidates for microfluidic fabrication via microdroplet methods, suggesting a path to custom chromatography media.