In our lab today we are consistently dealing with the opposite problem. The experiments themselves are easy in comparison with the design and analysis.
The startup equivalent would be "it's easy to build the app, it's hard to get users". Not all apps can yield users, but lowering the bar to launch will certainly yield more opportunities for successful apps.
You are right. I think we would all appreciate making more stuff that we do automatable and outsourceable. I guess where I was trying to go with the comment is that it would be nice if there were similar tools for design and analysis. Oh automated paper writing would also be much appreciated.
