Wired News: Tweaking Genes in the Basement: "Eugene Thacker is a professor of literature, culture and communications at Georgia Tech and a member of the Biotech Hobbyist collective. Just as the computer hobbyists sought unconventional applications for computer circuitry, the new collective is looking for 'non-prescribed uses' of biotechnology, Thacker said.

The group has published a set of informal DIY articles, mimicking the form of the newsletters and magazines of the computer hobbyists -- many of which are archived online. Thacker walks readers through the steps of performing a basic computation using a DNA 'computer' in his article 'Personal Biocomputing' (PDF). The tools for the project include a $100 high school-science education kit and some used lab equipment."