- A real-time transcription of the 2012 FBI-DIYbio workshop was produced live in-channel and archived at http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/fbi-diybio-2012/, preserving talks by Joseph Jackson, Ellen Jorgensen (Genspace), Kristina Hathaway (BioCurious), Derek Jacoby, Mac Cowell, Carlo Quinonez and others.  
- A claimed “10× price drop in DNA synthesis” via pooled microarray oligo ligation was reported but met with skepticism about real-world practicality.  
- Participants discussed an ultra-low-cost yeast electroporation protocol, debating whether antibiotic-resistance plasmids (ampicillin/kanamycin) could replace GFP as a cheaper visual marker.  
- A concise tutorial on Object-Relational Mappers (SQLAlchemy, ActiveRecord, DataMapper) was offered as a way to eliminate hand-written SQL in web or lab-automation stacks.  
- DIYbio.org issued an open call for open-source biology hardware projects at http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/hardware-add-a-project/, soliciting designs and documentation from the community.  
- The upcoming 12-hour “DIYbio/FBI” meeting at the Walnut Creek Marriott was flagged as a critical Bay-Area event for biohacker–law-enforcement dialogue.  
- The separate “Startup Science” unconference (http://startupscience.eventbrite.com/) was promoted for the same weekend as a gathering for technologists and entrepreneurs.