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Community laboratories, wow, this is a great idea! Imagine this in a more organized way. The founders could decide on some basic admission exams (basic science and safety procedures) and then people could pay a participating fee or somehow contribute to the lab and use the machines for their own research. They could organize a yearly public presentation of their research (something like Tedx) and try to find independent sponsors.

Exactly! We are on the same wavelength! I was thinking the same thing!
Maybe even find sponsors on steemit!