- A new Caltech Humanity+ event page was posted at http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/humanityplus-at-caltech/.

- Lukas shared a Discovery Magazine PDF on synthetic biology: http://blogs.discovery.com/files/fulltext.pdf.

- Discussion of sub-cellular-resolution CMOS micro-electrode arrays for high-density neuronal recording and spike-sorting algorithm development.

- Director_X asked about a “DNA assembly machine” from Synthetic Genomics; kanzure clarified it is a conventional DNA synthesizer and joked about printing one on a RepRap.

- kanzure linked an article arguing for a new open 3-D file format: http://technology.ezinemark.com/why-there-is-a-need-for-a-new-3d-file-format-7d2d0c83f8e0.html.

- Genspace was noted to have launched (overpriced) synthetic-biology lab courses.

- fenn highlighted LCD point-shielding sunglasses (http://www.dyneye.com/GlarePhysiology.html) and recalled a high-school idea for similar dynamic car windshields.

- kanzure and jrayhawk debated Git repository path schemes for gitduino.com, weighing user-based versus group-writable namespaces.

- Participants voiced frustration with ACM/Nature paywalls and referenced the UC-system Nature boycott.