Re: [DIYbio] Re: OpenPCR

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Josiah Zayner <josiah.zayner@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You believe they filled a gap and maybe they did. I believe there was no
> need for a $600 openpcr machine. I know we have had this discussion to death
> in other threads.
>
There is a need for cheap brand new PCR machine. eBay products are
sketchy. What sort of contamination could be on it? How long could it
last? Shipping is expensive and things could get damaged in the
process.

>
> From this list and online it appears that a large majority of DIYBioers are
> Americans. In that case it is hard to tell them to support a product that
> doesn't support the community when eBay is such a great and cheap resource.
>
The number of people on or where they are the list mean absolutely
nothing. I found that early on. What appears is not always what's
going on. There's no need to think USA is the only place where
innovation can take place. I think it might be a bit easier though.

There are people in Syria doing DIYbio, in the middle of a civil war!

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