- ISO 15926 equipment-inventory management tool “cat15926” released on SourceForge for open industrial data exchange.  
- Open-source brain-stimulation projects Open-RTMS and OpenStim were discussed; their mailing lists remain active even though web sites appear dormant.  
- A DIY-bio backlash: New York Times reporter Jed Lipinski is investigating the community; participants are preparing talking points and sharing the aggregated news feed http://bit.ly/diybionews.  
- Emokit reverse-engineering of the Emotiv EPOC headset continues; encryption keys appear to be per-unit-type but may also involve serial numbers, and OS X drivers now work.  
- Debate over Emotiv vs. Neurosky: Emotiv offers 14 channels but locks raw data behind encryption; Neurosky provides only one sensor but is developer-friendly and already integrated into toys.  
- Interest expressed in using ambient microwave energy as a passive power source for small devices, though no formal research was cited.  
- Facebook Chat considered as a lightweight game-server back-end for turn-based challenges; XMPP and Facebook group chat suggested as more robust alternatives.  
- Git-based issue-tracking tools compared: git-issues (self-replicating script inside each repo) versus bugseverywhere.org for distributed project management.  
- KurzweilAI newsletter sent out a blank email; recipients who clicked the only visible “unsubscribe” link were automatically re-subscribed, prompting criticism.  
- Upcoming media: Humanity+ chair Tom will be interviewed on BlogTalkRadio’s “Fast Forward Radio” on 20 October 2010 about transhumanism.