• London hackerspace proposed “Makerbot Mondays,” a recurring meetup to build and hack on MakerBot 3-D printers, reflecting grassroots momentum around low-cost additive manufacturing.  
• A denaturation DNA sequencer was shared whose microfluidic channels are cut from ordinary tape on a paper cutter, dramatically lowering the hardware barrier for small labs; the full paper is at DOI:b921417h (RSC Lab Chip).  
• AutoDock Vina, a widely used molecular-docking package for in-silico drug discovery, has been released as open-source software at vina.scripps.edu.  
• Capital Factory, an Austin-based seed accelerator/startup incubator, accepted at least one #hplusroadmap participant, signaling growing interest in commercializing open biotech and transhumanist projects.  
• SciPy 2010 posted its tutorial list; community members are preparing a paid SymPy tutorial, underscoring the role of Python scientific stacks in DIY biology and simulation work.  
• NASA critique and alternative vision: participants circulated “A Unified Space Vision” (Hsu & Cox, spacerenaissance.org) proposing sustainable, lower-cost pathways to human spaceflight.  
• Regeneration research noted: protein-coat techniques that regrow fingertips in mammals (and entire heads in flatworms) were discussed, with mainstream press links and Slashdot commentary provided.  
• Chemistry openness: ChemSpider and open-notebook science talks at Lawrence Berkeley Lab were flagged as potentially valuable resources for open-source drug-discovery efforts.