Can Hobbyists and Hackers Transform Biotechnology?

This is a review of a book about biohackers by a journalist. If you want a better take on it read Rob Carlson's Biology Is Technology, http://www.amazon.com/Biology-Technology-Promise-Business-En..., and his website http://www.synthesis.cc/ , including for example, Garage Biology in Silicon Valley from a year ago, http://www.synthesis.cc/2010/03/garage-biology-in-silicon-va....