Hey, I like this project, I just wanted to say Congrats and Good Luck!
I'll talk about it in my lab, it looks like a real cheap alternative to the systems we're using now (gel box + camera + computer); The only thing is SYBR safe is more expensive than Ethidium bromide although less dangerous (even though also being a DNA intercalant)... Can the blue leds also reveal BET stained gel ? I think its absorption spectra is in the UV as well as 450-500nm so it should be fine.
Anyway, keep up this great initiative, and all the others more and more needed in this politic-economic context where only very high and excellent achievers in research are rewarded with funds, selecting research economically viable on short term. Your initiative will help not only "biohackers" to do it themselves but also small labs struggling financially!
Cheers,
Alizée (PhD student in Paris, France)
