While true, ED is where the money are.
Nothing wrong on exploiting that for design of drug analysis gadgets that then can be used in much wider contexts.
Potentially, such gadgets, once sophisticated enough, can be used in clandestine or semiclandestine labs for making sure that the synthesis of the desired material was successful. And then we’re back to my concept of microreactors and framework for arbitrary stuff synthesis - which can be used not only for illicit psychoactive substances but also for medical drugs that are too expensive or too unavailable in the given location.
The analytical instrumentation is of utmost importance here. A visible-light spectrometer is a low-capability thingy but still a good step in the right direction, a first one of a long march.
