- A New York Times op-ed urging a moratorium on human CRISPR gene-editing was rejected by participants as unenforceable and ideologically driven toward “complete dominion over space, matter and time.”  
- CaptHindsight compared ultra-low-cost piezo inkjet heads (Epson <$60, Ricoh GelJet, Xerox ColorQube wax printers) as viable microfluidic dispensers for bio-hackers.  
- chris_99 confirmed acquisition of a £40 liquid lens and an Epson printer teardown to test fluid-pumping limits for DIY optics and microfluidics projects.  
- Cambrian Genomics’ investor-backed DNA-synthesis platform was noted; its technical details and patent posture were said to have been disclosed mainly through earlier diybio mailing-list posts.  
- Intel Capital’s Series-E investment in Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) was cited as evidence of rising corporate interest in long-read sequencing technology.  
- An Ars Technica article on self-propelling liquid droplets was circulated as a microfluidics curiosity with potential lab applications.  
- Aarhus University’s freely available draft textbook “MPCbook.pdf” was offered as the best current reference for secure multiparty computation (SMC).  
- Practical Python deployment tips—logging from subprocesses, robust path handling with os.path.abspath, and avoiding spaces in filenames—were discussed in the context of modular bioinformatics pipelines.