Re: [DIYbio] Lab tool interfaces

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Alex <spider87@gmail.com> wrote:
> This seems like a great deal. Am I missing something? Lol

All I can think is economies-of-scale are just getting to this point.
I do wonder if Microsoft is subsidizing or something, in effort to get
people to be 'OK' with non-android tablets or something like that. A
new IPS screen for my cell-phone is around $50 on ebay... so this
screen has a bit fewer pixels, and they're larger (easier) to make.
The processor itself is more than a year old, and listed at $17.00...
so throw in RAM, SSD, motherboard, and plastic case (and don't forget
the connectors)... and it seems like they're maybe over-stock
surplus... or they're a gimmick to get Intel and Microsoft as a tablet
into the general consumer mind-frame. Or we're just really getting
good at manufacturing.

Makes custom-microfabbed microfluidics a hard-sell IMO... at least for
simple stuff (in terms of engineering micro/nano components per $).

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