- Open-source hardware project “Pimp My Arm” (openprosthetics.org) is exploring a flamethrower attachment for prosthetic limbs, alongside a Lego-based mechanical hand design.  
- Discussion of the Bus Pirate 200 MHz logic analyzer (dangerousprototypes.com) as a superior alternative to miniLA for low-cost electronics debugging.  
- Technical exchange on using python-occ (OpenCASCADE bindings) to convert STEP/IGES CAD files to STL, including the undocumented “deflection” tessellation parameter and the inability to set l-value C++ methods in Python.  
- Proposal to create an SKDB package for 80/20 aluminum t-slot extrusions; the 157 MB 2008 product catalog was uploaded and parsed into text and DXF files to seed the package.  
- Google Summer of Code 2010 call for proposals from the Open Bioinformatics Foundation: $5 k stipends for open-source bioinformatics and DIYbio software projects aimed at university students.  
- Critique of NCBI’s adoption of Aspera instead of BitTorrent for large genomic data distribution; only 23 torrents currently exist on biotorrents despite thousands of available genomes.  
- Allegation that an Evil Mad Scientist forum user claims open-source hardware status but withholds actual design files, illustrated by a linked YouTube demo of an unshared kit.  
- DIYbio poster released as a high-resolution PNG; suggestion to produce an SVG version and laser-cut it into acrylic so the poster doubles as a functional microfluidic circuit.