They're actively working on building cheaper, open source implementations of the common tools of the trade in the ethos of the Homebrew Computer Club. See, e.g

They're actively working on building cheaper, open source implementations of the common tools of the trade in the ethos of the Homebrew Computer Club. See, e.g., http://openwetware.org/wiki/DIYbio:Notebook/Open_Gel_Box_2.0 http://openwetware.org/wiki/DIYbio:Notebook/Open_Gel_Box_2.0