- A Harvard-hosted Humanity+ Summit on 12–13 June 2010 invited kanzure to speak; he is considering a 25-minute talk on “apt-get for hardware” (SKDB) and a live microfluidics demo, with slides already drafted at http://designfiles.org/~bryan/presentations/apt-get-for-hardware.v2.pdf.  
- SKDB’s presentation outline covers: hardware-dependency stories, the SKDB package/folder format, open-source hardware licensing, distributed vs. centralized VCS, YAML, CAD, Lego modularity, kit stores, legal issues, and the Austin Hackerspace.  
- Microfluidics goals discussed: a two-month target to etch/cut microfluidic chips for PCR, constant-culture minifluidics, heat-shock or electroporation modules, and user-friendly interfaces for modular microfluidic systems.  
- DIYbio’s rising media profile: multiple blog posts (Fabbaloo, Subrealism, IEEE Spectrum) and mainstream coverage cite Eri Gentry’s garage lab; the DIYbio FAQ on OpenWetWare was updated to track press mentions.  
- Open-access science friction: postdocs resorting to getarticles, rumored Indian “sneakernet” of hard-drives, and ezproxy-password forums; kanzure requested the paper “Only Connect: Personal Genomics and the Future of American Medicine.”  
- Proquints (pronounceable 16-bit quintuplets) introduced as human-friendly IP encoding (127.0.0.1 → lusab-babad); arXiv paper at http://arxiv.org/html/0901.4016.  
- Gendered pedestrian dynamics: anecdotal evidence that men walk straight and expect right-of-way, while women zig-zag to avoid collision, interpreted through social power, safety, and harassment concerns.  
- Funding landscape: monthly AwesomeFoundation grant cycles deemed too slow; IBM patent attorney endorses a NATO-style non-assert patent pool that would let members wield pooled patents offensively against outsiders.  
- Hardware licensing debate: RepRap forum thread claims GPL is “bad for hardware,” prompting pushback; TAPR and CERN OHL mentioned as alternatives, with CC licenses and logo usage clarified.  
- Event logistics: Network Biology 2.0 symposium and Synthetic Biology symposium both upcoming in Boston; klafka queries attendance, while kanzure notes conference volunteers were excluded from speaker dinner.