What if you could put a few bacterial cells into a USB stick, plug it into your laptop, and get back a complete DNA sequence in a matter of minutes? via Wired

This would be a total game changer – How many times have we heard this? I don’t know why a small disposable USB DNA sequencer could be useful. Usually in the world of diminishing the prices of products, you can reduce features or/and reduce performance. Usually reducing size leads to an increase in price, so this product contradicts logic, but we’ll know if this is vapor or not really soon.