- A Science Translational Medicine paper reports the first successful production and transplantation of a bioengineered lung into a large-animal model, demonstrating vascularization and gas exchange in pigs.  
- Wired covered four successful “bel transplants,” highlighting progress in whole-organ bioengineering and regenerative medicine.  
- A new advanced microscopy technique revealed previously unseen nanoscale properties of water, reported by ScienceDaily.  
- Andy Lomas’ “Cellular Forms” project (HD video on Vimeo and accompanying paper) uses morphogenetic algorithms to grow complex organic shapes from simple cellular rules.  
- Discussion of 3-D printing tropes: “if there’s a 3-D printer in the first act, by the second act someone has to print a gun,” reflecting on the narrative and societal impact of decentralized fabrication.  
- A philosophical debate framed human civilization as a “meta-species” that uses humans as its substrate, echoing Kevin Kelly–style technium concepts.  
- Quantum-computing skepticism: participants questioned whether ab initio methods gain any real computational-complexity advantage from current quantum computers, favoring photonic approaches instead.  
- Utah microfluidics lecture slides (last 2–3 pages) were shared as a practical reference for MEMS and microfluidic device design.