- The FDA issued letters to 23andMe, Navigenics, Illumina, Knome, deCODE, and Pathway Genomics indicating that their direct-to-consumer genetic-testing kits may require FDA approval as medical devices.  
- Jonathan Kuniholm, Iraq-war veteran and founder of Open Prosthetics, was highlighted as a real-world example of open-source prosthetics development.  
- HP has fabricated test wafers containing memristors as small as 3 nm, marking a significant milestone in nanoscale non-volatile memory technology.  
- Japan successfully deployed a solar sail that may incorporate an ion engine, and participants discussed its role in a proposed robotic lunar base as an economic stimulus project.  
- DIY microfluidics were demonstrated with laser-cut devices; the group debated using human blood versus food dye for flow visualization and referenced earlier Sharpie-based prototyping.  
- A replica-plating technique using velvet-covered cylinders was explained for transferring microbial colonies between agar plates without individual streaking.  
- The Neuroprosthetics Research Group (NRG) at the University of Florida was shared as a resource for brain–computer-interface research.  
- Participants expressed skepticism toward “humanities-style” artists who claim to solve global problems without domain expertise, contrasting this with rigorous open-science approaches.  
- The channel prepared for the H+ Summit in Boston, with at least four members (kanzure, cluckj, hundred-ideas, Ian_Daniher) attending and planning live demos and talks.