- Upverter, a web-based EDA startup, was criticized for marketing itself as “open hardware” while offering a closed platform; Bruce Perens and others voiced suspicion, and Hackaday’s coverage was seen as uncritical hype.  
- My.Microbes.eu offers gut-microbiome sequencing for $2,100 plus a stool sample, positioning itself as a direct-to-consumer metagenomics service.  
- The BIOS “Biological Open Source” license page (bios.net/daisy/bios/mta.html) was noted as essentially a patent pool with mutual non-assert agreements rather than a true open-source license.  
- A European DIYbio newcomer from Catalonia asked for resources and community labs; suggestions included France’s tmpbiolab and general guidance on low-cost microfluidic fabrication techniques (laser-cut, photolithography, wax-printed, knife-cut).  
- Automated CNC quoting was discussed: mfg.com provides human-mediated bidding, while emachineshop.com offers automated quotes but locks users into proprietary CAD software.  
- Alibre emailed an advertisement for the RapMan, an early commercial RepRap derivative 3-D printer.  
- The ISEA 2011 Istanbul panel “Hackerspaces, DIYbio and Citizen Science: Rise of Tinkering and Prototype Culture” featured Denisa Kera and Russell Durrett, prompting curiosity about their presence in Turkey.  
- OpenCPI.org was shared as a framework aimed at simplifying complexity and enabling code portability for real-time embedded systems.