• APL’s “MildServer” was proposed as an ultra-concise web-application framework, with working examples hosted on aplwiki.com.  
• Upverter’s open-source schematic-file-converter now enables bidirectional translation between KiCad, gEDA, Eagle and Eagle XML, lowering barriers to cross-tool PCB collaboration.  
• NetMorph, Randal Koene’s GPL-licensed tool for generating realistic in-silico neurons, was released; the community’s top request is a “simulated histology” mode to test ATLUM-style reconstruction fidelity under noise and error.  
• Fenn shared CAD screenshots and a Git repository for an open-hardware laser-etcher xy-table, illustrating low-cost micro-manufacturing techniques.  
• Participants revived the legacy molecular-CAD package NanoEngineer-1 by creating a 1.2 GB Ubuntu 7.04 chroot image (http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/irc/nanoengineer/nanoengineer-chroot.tar.gz) and documented full X11-forwarding instructions to run it remotely.  
• A 2006 nanotech X-Prize proposal was rediscovered and discussed as historical context for current open-source nanotech efforts, alongside resources such as Tom Moore’s molecular-simulation blog and RMIT’s archived PDB files of nano-bearings.  
• DIYbio safety debates centered on whether cheap BSL-4 capabilities could enable “script-kiddie” bioterror; counter-arguments emphasized that natural plagues already pose similar risks and that personal protective strategies (vaccines, closed habitats, microfluidics) are more effective than prohibition.  
• Practical regulatory friction points were noted, including Texas glassware-permit laws and FDA oversight of microfluidic devices, with consensus that no DIYbio arrests have occurred in four years but scrutiny is expected to rise.  
• A YouTube demo of DIY tDCS (trans-cranial direct-current stimulation) and a 1.3 W 445 nm laser build from North Street Labs were shared, alongside discussion of morpholino oligonucleotides as a gene-silencing tool.