D.I.Y. bio, power to the people!

In light of my last post, I want to point to some groups attempting to create some "bottom-up" biological science in the real world. In the Los Angeles area you have SoCal DIY Bio, and in northern California you have BioCurious. And you also have the DIYgenomics website. Apparently the Gene Sequencer for the SoCal DIY Bio needs to be repaired, so I thought I'd pass word on. Unfortunately I do think it is possible that the government and interest groups can shut down direct-to-consumer genomics business in the United States by fiat. Business needs a legal institutional framework, so if that it is yanked away, it will whither and flee. But it is a different matter when it comes to bottom-up ad hoc civil society. Will the government threaten someone with fines and imprisonment for sequencing their own genome if they can get the resources privately? If so, this country is more screwed up than I would have thought.... Update: Also, GenSpace and Genorama.