Our first idea for our machine was very different than our current idea. At first we did not incorporate gravity but right now gravity is our best friend. We are including slopes, inclined planes as well as some drops in our design. We decided to do this because my dad said, “The best machines have to do with gravity”. I think including gravity is in some ways a good idea and in some ways bad.
The reason it is a good idea is because gravity is like a free piece of equipment that is all around us. I think we should use gravity to pull the cups down from the shelves and pull the pipes down from the chairs after hit with force. This would help because the falling object would collide with another object and cause it to move. The reason I think this could be a bad idea is that using gravity is like using a knife, if you don’t use it correctly, something could go wrong. For example, something could fall and land in the wrong place and ruin the project.