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To begin, we took iGEM to the schools, the streets, and to the science communities to gain insight and understanding about people’s perspectives/opinions pertaining to the use of synthetic biology. We conducted surveys, gathering information from the public and had an educational debate in the schools. From these interactions, we incorporated aspects such as hardware design, the safety features of our device, and the fears of using synthetic biology into account as we designed our device to ensure it was as safe as possible. First, we destroyed our GMO in the lab and made sure it was not in our device. Second, having designers on our team allowed us to further our discussions with several mosquito specialists and build a device that met all of the criteria to ensure not just the safety of the operators, but also the local public that could potentially come in contact with the device. Additionally, our design was well thought out to include special features that attract the mosquitoes to the device, trap the mosquitoes inside the device, and safely absorb all potentially harmful liquids.</br></br>

To begin, we took iGEM to the schools, the streets, and to the science communities to gain insight and understanding about people’s perspectives/opinions pertaining to the use of synthetic biology. We conducted surveys, gathering information from the public and had an educational debate in the schools. From these interactions, we incorporated aspects such as hardware design, the safety features of our device, and the fears of using synthetic biology into account as we designed our device to ensure it was as safe as possible. First, we destroyed our GMO in the lab and made sure it was not in our device. Second, having designers on our team allowed us to further our discussions with several mosquito specialists and build a device that met all of the criteria to ensure not just the safety of the operators, but also the local public that could potentially come in contact with the device. Additionally, our design was well thought out to include special features that attract the mosquitoes to the device, trap the mosquitoes inside the device, and safely absorb all potentially harmful liquids.</br></br>