- The RepRap project’s source code was successfully mirrored to diyhpl.us and made publicly browsable via cgit after resolving permission and non-fast-forward push issues; the temporary URL http://diyhpl.us/cgit/reprap/ was set up with caching disabled for instant browsing.  
- MakerBot’s real-time inventory workflow—QR-coded parts scanned by an iPhone app to update stock and auto-generate pick-lists—was proposed as a model for rapid-prototyping labs.  
- A “retrosynthesis engine” was outlined that would let SKDB compute chemical synthesis routes from on-hand reagents and design microfluidic circuits to execute them, integrating inventory data with lab automation.  
- RFID-tagged chemical containers were discussed as a way to create fully automated, sensor-based lab notebooks that continuously log usage, location, and remaining volume without manual entry.  
- Jason Bobe (DIYbio) was scheduled to present to the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues on Craig Venter’s synthetic-life announcement, linking grassroots biohacking to national policy debates.  
- The Emotiv EPOC EEG/BCI Python tools were relicensed under GPL-2 to enable legal sharing of modified versions, and a sample data file (http://diyhpl.us/irc/emotiv/epoc/kanzure_emotiv_epoc_egg.dat) was released for community validation and offline playback experiments.  
- Open-source CAD and assembly-planning tools were surveyed, including OpenCASCADE’s assembly path-planner and LignumCAD, alongside ongoing work to remove OpenCASCADE dependencies from SKDB to lower barriers to entry.