- Autodesk released AutoCAD for Mac and launched AutoCAD WS, a browser-based CAD viewer/editor, signaling wider accessibility of professional design tools to DIY and open-hardware communities.  
- A new interactive map of the first synthetic cell’s genome was posted on the DIYbiology blog, offering a visual resource for amateur synthetic biologists.  
- Denisa Kera’s upcoming talks at ENTER3 (Prague) and Transgenesis 2010 (Vienna) were highlighted, focusing on DIYbio, bio-art, and open science culture.  
- Slashdot featured “The Spread of Do-It-Yourself Biotech,” amplifying mainstream attention on garage biology and its regulatory implications.  
- OHANDA, the open-source hardware trademark initiative, received German-language press coverage in Linux-Magazin, promoting a standardized “open hardware” label.  
- Discussion of Burning Man logistics noted the conspicuous absence of robotics in camp construction, despite the scale of the event.  
- Cryonics Magazine’s full archive (1981-2010) was made batch-downloadable via wget, providing a searchable historical corpus for cryonics researchers.  
- The Technion-Israel Institute’s TECS summer program link was shared, showcasing international bio- and nano-tech educational opportunities.  
- QuantumG observed that anti-Monsanto sentiment is muddying broader anti-patent arguments, cautioning against conflating corporate distrust with IP reform.