- A Brazilian Portuguese article on “do-it-yourself biology” and citizen science was shared: http://synbiobrasil.org/2011/02/15/do-it-yourself-biologists-dyibio-e-a-ciencia-cidada/  
- The SNPedia API for genomic data queries was noted: http://www.snpedia.com/api.php  
- Wired coverage of Tito Jankowski’s “DNAdeal” project was circulated: http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/02/dnadeal/  
- GraphSynth, a generative-design library, was extracted from SKDB into its own repository: http://diyhpl.us/cgit/graphsynth and http://graphsynth.com/  
- A federal solicitation for “Persona Management Software” (sock-puppet automation) was highlighted: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d88e9d660336be91552fe8c1a51bacb2&tab=core&_cview=1  
- Thingiverse’s new copyright/IP policy and a DMCA takedown were discussed: http://blog.thingiverse.com/2011/02/18/copyright-and-intellectual-property-policy/  
- Progress on an iGEM team formation was reported—Lukas_ scheduled a meeting with a faculty sponsor.  
- Todd Huffman’s open-source work at the U.S. State Department was featured: http://opensource.com/government/11/2/open-source-state-department-loud-timely-not-your-parents%E2%80%99-state-department  
- A Debian build issue with OpenVibe (missing libxaw headers despite libxaw7 being installed) was raised as a practical obstacle for BCI experimentation.