Lantern spent $400,000 acquiring rights and synthesizing the organism. Their first priority is to get out of the hole. So to start, they'll be selling Lumina in Prospera, a libertarian charter city in Honduras.

Lantern Bioworks says they have a cure for tooth decay. Their product is a genetically modified bacterium which infects your mouth, outcompetes all the tooth-decay-causing bacteria, and doesn't cause tooth decay itself.

The Snoo is a $1500 computerized bassinet that continually assesses babies' needs and tries to calm them with various soothing noises and automated rocking motions. We got two, both of which have been soundly rejected.

But a parable: when you were born, your mother kissed you. Along with the kiss came a microdose of the BCS3-L1 genetically engineered bacterium. Without any teeth to cling to, it fell into the pit of your stomach and died. But she'll kiss you again and again, transferring a few more BCS3-LI each time.