• Japanese researchers demonstrated a human trial where necrotic tooth pulp was replaced with healthy pulp, leading to full regrowth of blood vessels and nerves within 14 days and restoration of tooth vitality (PMID 21417716).

• Transcriptic.com launched a low-cost ‑80 °C biological sample storage service at USD 11 per year, significantly lowering the barrier to long-term DIY bio-banking for citizen scientists.

• OpenSNP released a 20 GB public data dump of 1,000 genomes on the Internet Archive, expanding the open-access commons of human genomic data for research and analysis.

• SupplyFrame published eagle2kicad, an open-source converter that enables PCB designers to migrate projects from Autodesk EAGLE to the open-source KiCad EDA suite without lock-in.

• A Hackaday.io project titled “Simulating an Electric Fish Sensory System” was highlighted as an open-hardware approach to biomimetic sensing, offering a model for DIY neuro-bio interfaces.

• Participants evaluated wearable HCI options for AR headsets, comparing Bluetooth flex-sensor gloves, the Peregrine touch-point glove, pocketable ZAGG Bluetooth keyboards, and the wired Twiddler as one-handed input devices for Google Glass or Epson Moverio.

• Paperbot, an IRC bot that fetches paywalled research, received patches for external-login credential handling and presence checks, improving automated access to scientific literature for the community.

• Discussion clarified that “defensive patents” are not a distinct legal category; the USPTO treats them as ordinary patents whose only difference lies in how they are enforced, and patent holders are not legally required to enforce their patents to maintain validity.