Give me 200 bucks and an ebay account and I can buy a lab that will run circles around this crippled mess.<p>Kids want to be empowered, not patronized. The intended user for a kit like this would be a 12-16 year old. At that age they are old enough to use real tools. Buy the kid an incubator, glassware, and a pcr machine.<p>The commodore is a great example because you could actually program things on it. Things not listed in the instruction manual. Kids will learn if you give them the tools to do real biology, not playskool biology.