- Participants argued that no license analogous to the DFSG/OSD exists for hardware; they examined scenarios where one maker sells kits from open thermocycler designs while another modifies but withholds the new files, concluding that copyright-based licenses (GPL, OHL, TAPR, CC) cannot directly control the physical artifacts produced from open design files.

- DIYgenomics was presented as a “crowd-sourced clinical-trials” startup, prompting debate on whether “crowd-sourcing” means only web-based recruitment or deeper participant-driven study design, and noting that traditional trials still rely on subway ads and flyers.

- Thermotyp, an open-source PCR machine whose aluminum block and IGES CAD files were released on Thingiverse, was showcased as a rare example of actually publishing source geometry, contrasting with earlier RepRap test-tube holders.

- The Singularity Institute announced it would release the Java-based “Uncertain Future” simulation (originally a 2008 collaboration) under GPL after polling contributors; the tool had previously modeled Y Combinator acceptance probabilities with elaborate graphs.

- A Gizmodo article claiming that solid-state nanopore systems could soon sequence an entire human genome for $100 sparked discussion of related AFM-based DNA-sequencing papers.

- Open Source Ecology (OSE) released a new “OSE License” and posted CAD files (DXF v0.1) for a drill-press design on OpenPario, an Oregon State University-hosted project-management platform, while participants questioned whether standard revision-control systems would be preferable to yet another web-based tool.

- A side thread explored browser-based CAD, proposing a RaphaelJS/OpenSCAD-like JavaScript workbench or embedding Sage/SymPy notebooks for collaborative math, with WebGL adoption limits noted.

- WIPO’s Development Agenda and the “Future of WIPO” declaration (signed by Lessig, Doctorow, et al.) were cited as evidence that even traditional IP bodies now host internal critiques of monopoly expansion.