- Shenzhen’s government is funding large-scale hackerspaces that explicitly support DIY biology and open hardware, as documented in an OWNI feature article, signaling state-level backing for grassroots transhumanist R&D in China.  
- The B9Creator Kickstarter offers a $2,375 DLP 3-D printer that cures 100 µm photopolymer layers in a single 1024×768-pixel flash, positioning it as a high-resolution, low-cost tool for rapid prototyping of microfluidic or biomedical devices.  
- Seeed Studio’s Grove modular sensor ecosystem is praised for its plug-and-play I²C connector standard, enabling daisy-chained sensor networks without complex wiring—useful for distributed health or environmental monitoring rigs.  
- A laser-welded microfluidic blood-filtering chip with 0.5 mm channels was demonstrated on MedGadget, illustrating accessible fabrication techniques for implantable or point-of-care filtration devices.  
- Community members debated the adequacy of existing KiCad/gEDA autorouters for automated PCB layout, noting that netlist-driven placement and trace-length matching already meet many bio-electronics needs without custom software.  
- Boston’s DIY-bio scene was mapped: newcomers are directed to BOSSlab and to MIT’s David Dalrymple, who has privileged access to the Center for Bits and Atoms, highlighting the tension between institutional and community lab resources.  
- The FBI is co-sponsoring a DIYbio workshop and hackathon in the Bay Area (12–16 June), flying in multiple #hplusroadmap regulars and effectively turning the event into an ad-hoc transhumanist summit.  
- Portland and Bay Area members are coordinating carpools for late-June gatherings, illustrating the distributed, project-driven mobility that characterizes the open-source transhumanist community.