Blog #2

• How will what you learned from the Ethics in Engineering Project be helpful when starting your Capstone Project? Ethics Refers to a lot more than just whether or not something is designed to be malicious. With new products and ideas also comes the responsibility of making sure every possible precaution is taken so that people wont be hurt in the present but that also if at all possible nobody is hurt in the future (I guess the opposite in weapon design). For the capstone project this means trying to keep the design consciences of the fact that it could be a large scale product so reducing waste is important, in addition making sure its basically bullet proof or can be developed to be bullet proof will help ensure that the end consumer stays safe.

• Tell me anything else that is happening in your life SNAKES!!!!! My mom picked up snake breeding during the pandemic and has rapidly spiraled out of control with it. We started with a couple pet snakes but now have upwards of 25. I asked my mom how many we had while writing this and she claims she stopped counting around 28.