- UK copyright law discussion: the Lucasfilm ruling implies that 3-D objects copied from design documents do not infringe copyright unless the article is created for artistic purposes or the copying is commercial; section 51 CDPA 1988 explicitly allows non-commercial making of articles from design documents, complicating IP enforcement for low-cost 3-D printing.

- DIY biology hardware: “lava-amp.com” is preparing a <$500 thermocycler kit, and “c-perl.com” offers fluorescent-larva kits, illustrating the growing ecosystem of open-source lab tools aimed at citizen scientists.

- Haptic augmentation: commercial “feelSpace”-style compass belts are available as kits from sensebridge.net, and community members are actively building DIY versions for sensory-extension experiments.

- Open-science events: the Open Science Summit 2010 will stream live on fora.tv; local Bay-Area spaces recommended for visits include Singularity University (NASA Ames), Hacker Dojo, Noisebridge, BioCurious, and LIVly.

- Visualization tools: Cytoscape and Tulip (tulip.labri.fr) were highlighted for large-graph analysis; Tulip was explicitly compared to Gephi for handling relational data.

- Chinese genomics study: 2,000 schoolchildren will have protein-coding regions sequenced and correlated with academic performance, raising both research and ethical questions about intelligence genomics.

- Hackerspace culture: Issue 2 of the Hackerspace Magazine (hack42.nl) was released, and Mozilla’s Thursday BBQ and Archive.org’s Friday BBQ were noted as networking opportunities in Silicon Valley.

- Stomach feeding port: discussed as a real medical option already used for severely autistic patients, with insurance coverage possible.

- Twitter as a conference backchannel: participants shared tips—use hashtags (#hplus), save searches, and tools like OutTwit to archive tweets into Outlook for later reference.

- Miscellaneous links: NIH stem-cell portal (stemcells.nih.gov), Ladyada’s “Citizen Engineer” hardware-video series, and the tongue-in-cheek domain “cure-aging-or-die-trying.com” were all circulated.