• SKDB, the open-source hardware package manager, is converging on a minimal “feature 1-2-3” release plan: (1) runs, (2) resolves dependencies, (3) downloads packages; directory layout is still debated (user vs. system paths) and the March 2010 Thingiverse scrape (~4 k designs) is being mirrored at gnusha.org/skdb/packages.

• NanoEngineer-1, the open-source nanotech CAD tool, was successfully installed on Windows and is now maintained at http://diyhpl.us/cgit/nanoengineer; compile fixes and an install script were shared after users hit a hard-coded version check.

• A DIY longevity research archive was released at http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers/longevity/ containing ~400 papers plus a curated Aubrey de Grey bundle, while Brazilian biohacker “eightpennies” is self-experimenting with a home-brew stem-cell anti-aging protocol.

• Practical DIY RFID implantation was detailed: $60 125 kHz glass tags from Trossen Robotics, sterile field technique, 5 cm read range, and a debate on RF safety versus bio-compatibility concerns.

• The Gada Prize ($20 k interim / $80 k grand) for open-source self-replicating manufacturing was defended with evidence that RepRap can already fabricate its own PCBs via milling, conductive-ink printing, and electro-deposition of copper on carbon traces.

• Fully open digital fabrication chains were explored: open-source FPGA toolchains (fpgac.sourceforge.net), genetic-algorithm-evolved circuitry (Adrian Thompson’s Sussex experiments), and the long-term vision of Focused Ion Beam systems doping silicon atom-by-atom to create one-off ASIC “repraps.”