Week 3 Reflection

Briefly for Engineering today we were suppose to find a problem and try to come up with some sort of solution to build. A few things to note before this was that we talked about was safety around power tools and equipment. I wanted to stress how important this is Because on paper these machines seem easy and straight forward to use. But in reality these machines often can lead to catastrophic injuries even if you believe you are safe. The reason is they have so much power and unpredictability at times. For example a table saw could pull you in even if you are using a push stick. As it pulls the wood it often drags your hand or stick near it. Its humanly not possible to react quick enough to avoid injury in that case. It is important to on top alert whenever near or using the machines.

Perhaps we can engineer our own tools or equipment to be safer and more reliable can currently available?