If you’ve been trying to find the ultimate in personalization, look no further – how does an 8×10 portrait of your DNA sound? For $169, you can send a swab of the inside of your mouth to dna11.com and 4-6 weeks later, you’ll get a visual image of your one-of-a-kind DNA sequence. You can customize the image in one of 25 colors, too, and it comes with a certificate of authenticity.
I’d take a much closer look at this if it sold for closer to $100. Also, I find the $40 shipping charge to hover somewhere between outrageous and ludicrous. Other than those two deal-breakers, this looks like a pretty cool idea.
[via DVICE]
On this subject, I’d like to see 23andMe come down to something like $50, that’s the point at which I’d go for it. Until it does, it’s still a bit pricy for me, $400 isn’t easy to swallow.
$169 is the profit,
$40 shipping is the actual cost to make it