• A request was made for open-source or library-level tools that can perform Bayesian estimation of mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) or failure-probability distributions for multi-component systems across a parameter space; no ready-made solution was identified.

• The field names “systems integration engineering” and “reliability engineering” were suggested as search terms for locating existing commercial or academic tooling, with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) cited as a foundational methodology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure_mode_and_effects_analysis).

• GerberTools by “This Is Not Rocket Science” was recommended as a practical utility for PCB panelization, illustrating the channel’s ongoing interest in open-source hardware workflows.

• DARPA’s contract with Galois to develop secure voting/election machines was highlighted as a noteworthy public-sector effort in trustworthy hardware/software systems.

• Harvard’s creation of an external advisory panel for its solar-geoengineering research program was discussed, with the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx) project (https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/keutschgroup/scopex) provided as the primary reference.