Error Rates near 1%, getting 500,000 reads (150-200bp), machine takes 2 hours to run, $250 for sequencing reagents, $250 for sample prep. And, it will charge your iphone while you sequence:
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
LifeTech is sponsoring some kind of NGS "triathalon," and it seems they would like everyone on the planet to eventually have their own sequencer, for scientific and commercial reasons. I did bring my running shoes....