A new data point just appeared in the news. 23andme.com, the personal gene sequencing company that Google invested in a while back, now offers their service for $399. Their original price was $1000.
This isn't a whole-genome sequence, but identifies about 500,000 SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) to give clues about roughly 80 personal characteristics.
The original price was offered on 12/04/2007, so I have calculated the price half-life at 0.77 years.
At this rate, a $99.00 offering will be due in about 2 years.
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