Team:UESTC-software/Safety
Safety
Bio101
As a storage system, safety is one of the most considerable things that we need to validate. A software tool intended to be used by people should ensure and assure users of safety and future treats, hence the need to implement safety precautions.
Q1: What function does your software have?A1: Bio101 is used to transform any computer file to DNA sequences, and people can use our result to synthesize DNA sequences which contain the information about the computer file. Our software also provides decoding function to rebuild your computer files from DNA sequences.
Q2: Who will use your software?A2: Anyone who wants to store files for a long time and small volume will use our software.
Q3: How do you verify the results that your software runs? Are they right?A3: Bio101 was ran repeatedly with different files. We did software testing from its usability and stability and document a detailed testing report. Next, we operated the whole process of Bio101. We used our software to encode a file and used the result to synthesize DNA sequences. Then stored it in specific environment. After several days, we took out the DNA and sequence it. At last, we used our software to decode the DNA sequence. As a result, and we achieved our original file.
Q4: Does it have any risk in laboratory?A4: Our software design doesn’t rely on experiments. Software itself was completed by computer and it is a web-app. In wet-lab validation, DNA sequences were synthesized, stored and sequenced by other organization. They don’t contain any functional segment and dangerous part by software testing. Therefore, it is safe and doesn’t cause any pollution.
Q5: Does it have any risk in people who use your software?A5: No, it doesn’t. We use ISAAC64—a random encryption algorithm to ensure that the bases appeared in DNA sequences are almost random. So it is scarcely possible to synthetize nucleotide sequence with specific function.
Bio2048
As for an edutainment mobile device game, it combines entertainment with biological hierarchy knowledge, we also need to evaluate its safety for users.
Q1: If your product is successful, who will receive benefits and who will be harmed?A1: The people who play the android game properly in their spare time will receive benefit. And the people who spend all their spare time in playing the android game tend to receive harm.
Q2: Where will your product be used? Can it cause pollution?A2: It is mainly used everywhere when users want to relax or learn the biology knowledge. It doesn’t cause any pollution.
Q3：Does your software open source?A3: Yes, our android game is open source.
Q4: Who will use your product?A4: Everyone who is willing to play it to understand a range of important biological concepts in a more interesting way. Especially, teachers or parents may use it to make children know fundamental biological hierarchy concept.
Q5: Does it have some risks in health of people?A5: For Bio2048 is an Android game applied in smartphones, if people play it for a long time, their eyesight may be influenced.
Q6: Does it have some risks of environment (From the wasting water or others)?A6: As a game, there is no danger to the environment.
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