- OpenKinect hacking for DIY book scanning is being actively discussed on the diybookscanner.org forum (thread linked by JayDugger).  
- A Russian “NanoInventor” project (nanoinv.ru) aims to build a CAD system that outputs synthesis instructions for both current (AFM, organic chemistry) and future molecular-assembly methods; it lists collaborations with Nanofactory Collaboration, MeVea, Micronova, etc.  
- NanoEngineer-1, an open-source molecular CAD tool, has an active developer page and user documentation (nanoengineer-1.net/mediawiki).  
- A Gada Prize in Personal Manufacturing is now hosted by Humanity+; the associated Singapore website (gada2010.sg) appears to be under construction.  
- DIYbio thread explores making transgenic sea-monkeys as an accessible synthetic-biology experiment.  
- cluckj reports field experience on how to describe DIY biology projects to border guards: “amateur genetic engineering” triggers long questioning, whereas “making weird scientific instruments” plus a microbial-fuel-cell tangent gets waved through.  
- kanzure notes that his personal site has many 404s after a server migration and invites direct requests for missing content.