No, seriously. You can buy DNA sequencers on eBay

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=DNA+sequencer

BTW #Privacy ProTip: This is the bare minimum needed to share an eBay keyword search with someone. Other URL parameters may leak information about where you're searching from, what platform etc...

A lot of tech problems could be solved if there was a requirement for companies to either ship devices with open bootloaders, or open the bootloaders of their devices after a specific amount time.

We should be able to open up our devices, and change them to our specifications.

Is there a good reason my old android phones aren't already running a custom, mesh networked, web server OS, and seeking out other devices with same to form a community internet alternative?

I am a producer, but in order to produce, I am also a consumer of raw and semi-raw materials.

Often, I can recycle those raw materials (I pick up used instruments and audio gear, I repair old computers) or I will soon be able to do so (I want to get a grinder and an extruder for turning failed prints in to new filament, for example.)

We live in an age of abundance. There are millions of blank CDs and DVDs out there. We could stop making them for a while, and be okay with the overstock.