• A Nature Neuroscience paper showed that individual fMRI connectivity “fingerprints” are strongest in the frontoparietal network and can predict fluid-intelligence scores, reinforcing the feasibility of single-subject brain-state readouts.

• Lund University released long-term implantable multichannel electrodes that record single-neuron activity without damaging tissue, a potential breakthrough for stable chronic neural interfaces.

• Harvard’s Kosuri Lab invited collaborators to work on large-scale de-novo DNA synthesis and orthogonal protein self-assembly, linking to their 2014 review and an open inkjet DNA-synthesis wiki.

• A 3-D-printed robotic finger using shape-memory-alloy actuation (Florida Atlantic University) was highlighted as a low-cost route to dexterous robotic manipulation.

• An open, airborne LiDAR scan of London was released with tutorials for extracting 3-D building models, expanding freely available urban-scale geodata.

• Channel members crowdsourced technical questions for Anders Sandberg’s Oslo talk, focusing on open-source brain emulation, existential risk, and the need for more engineering-oriented discourse.

• A Nature news piece on a supercomputer-simulated “fragment of rat brain” sparked debate over whether the actual model code had been released; only the paper, not the code, was publicly available.

• Scaling Bitcoin transcripts (hosted at diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/) were shared as open documentation covering SPV improvements, privacy/fungibility, and core-dev scaling debates.

• DIY bio-hardware efforts continued: nmz787 ordered parts for a PWM-controlled constant-current laser-CNC driver board, illustrating grassroots fabrication tool development.