Whenever I come across this sort of DIY (or at least low-end) biotech I wonder, "Is this what computers looked like before the PC revolution?" I'm sure that's a

Whenever I come across this sort of DIY (or at least low-end) biotech I wonder, "Is this what computers looked like before the PC revolution?" I'm sure that's a terrible comparison, but it's easy to make, and there's just enough substance to it that I wonder if I'm missing out on the next revolution by not being involved in biotech.