[mattquinn]

You can't possibly compare biotech to the computing industry in terms of where accessibility to the former is headed. Equipment costs may go down and education may become more accessible in biotech, but the risks to humans and property associated with running an entire lab will ensure access to non-trivial equipment and materials is granted only to those who are capable.

[Estragon]

It's getting easier than you might think.[1]

I'm looking forward to someone trying to make bitcoin selling packets of fluorescent yoghurt bacteria on the Silk Road.

[1] http://www.indiebiotech.com/?p=152