A few years ago, a friend and I were about to buy a few machines from OpenPCR(1) and embark on a molecular bio project, with dreams of getting a proper startup

A few years ago, a friend and I were about to buy a few machines from OpenPCR(1) and embark on a molecular bio project, with dreams of getting a proper startup going. It never really went anywhere but we were astounded at the possibilities, with hardware getting less expensive and reagents being available to even a couple of dudes in a home lab. I believe the next 50 years will see a huge democratization of biology and it will be fascinating to see what happens. Imagine a GitHub for custom viral vectors or plasmids. Unfortunately, this will also mean real bioterror events and I shudder to think what malicious groups could (will?) do with this technology once it is more widely available. (1) https://openpcr.org/ https://openpcr.org/