- Fugent LLC debuted its first public website (fugentllc.com), framed as a milestone for open-source-oriented biotech start-ups.  
- Participants debated Peter R’s Bitcoin-scaling paper; a link to a bitcoin-dev mailing-list rebuttal was provided and the work was dismissed as already debunked.  
- Sci-Hub was praised for delivering ~20 obscure IEEE papers in a single day, underscoring its ongoing role in open-access knowledge sharing.  
- A 360° VR tour of the Indian Himalayas (YouTube link) was demonstrated to run smoothly on mobile-device accelerometers, illustrating low-cost immersive media tools.  
- Practical advice on RFID hand implants was shared, with Dallas Makerspace cited as a possible NYC-area resource and at least one participant confirming an implant.  
- A genome-wide association study PDF on extraversion was circulated, prompting speculation about polygenic influences on complex traits such as greed or empathy.  
- Cold-therapy hardware was compared: the FDA-cleared Game Ready device (ice-based, 35 °F) versus anecdotal reports of whole-body cryo chambers reaching –120 °C for different therapeutic goals.  
- A $90 Raspberry Pi FPGA board (SATA-over-LVDS) was highlighted as an accessible route to hardware acceleration and open-source digital design.  
- Classic and contemporary telepathy-themed science-fiction works (Stapledon, Bester, Varley, Butler, Barnes) were catalogued as historical precursors to modern neural-interface and BCI narratives.