- A new $30 one-handed keyer project aims to combine IoT/Bluetooth control with digital notetaking to overcome the poor usability of smartphones for quick notes.  
- Participants compared current mobile input solutions: ZAGGkeys FLEX Bluetooth keyboard, the upcoming WayTools TextBlade, and the continued fallback to pen-and-paper.  
- A 2015 ACS paper described structure-guided directed-evolution of a bacterial glycoside hydrolase that can enzymatically strip A- and B-antigens from red-blood cells, moving closer to “universal donor” (type O) blood.  
- Debate over terminology for personal DNA fabrication devices: “DNA printer” was criticized as misleading; preferred terms include DNA synthesizer, reactor, or lab-on-a-chip, with skepticism voiced about near-term microfluidic breakthroughs.  
- SIGGRAPH 2015’s “Computational Hydrographic Printing” video was highlighted as a practical advance in multi-axis inkjet techniques for precise surface decoration of complex 3-D objects.  
- Inkjet limitations were noted: line-of-sight required, optimal nozzle-to-substrate distance <5 mm, constraining applications on highly curved or occluded surfaces.