• nmz787 is assembling an open-source JTAGulator (hardware tool for identifying JTAG pinouts) and planning a mobile lab in a folding trailer capable of transporting heavy equipment such as electron microscopes.  
• A GitHub repository named “jtagsploitation” was shared, demonstrating practical techniques for exploiting exposed JTAG interfaces to obtain root access on Linux-based embedded devices.  
• chris_99 received prototype PCBs for a UV-fluorescent solder-mask “PCB display” experiment and is validating via-gap tolerances under a microscope while awaiting a UV light source to test fluorescence.  
• Participants referenced the SR-71 Blackbird’s celestial navigation system and linked historical documentation on automatic star tracking, then extended the discussion to modern X-ray pulsar-based navigation as a potential future technology.  
• HAARP was discussed as an open experimental platform for ionospheric research, with a Smithsonian article cited describing its capability to create artificial auroras and its speculative uses for global communications or weather manipulation.  
• kanzure circulated the arXiv paper “On the genetic architecture of intelligence and other quantitative traits,” but dismissed its emphasis on g-factor variation as uninteresting; similarly, a Nautilus article titled “Super-Intelligent Humans Are Coming” was linked and deemed unremarkable.  
• The open-source MobilECG-II project (GitHub repository provided) was highlighted, prompting a technical debate on whether two fingers from the same hand can produce diagnostically useful ECG signals—consensus was that noise levels are too high for reliable readings.