When I was the graduate teaching assistant for a software engineering lab, the students got a week off to do research on software failures that harmed humans. F

When I was the graduate teaching assistant for a software engineering lab, the students got a week off to do research on software failures that harmed humans. For many of the students it was the first time they gave any thought to the concept of software causing actual physical harm. I'm glad we were able to expose them to this reality but also was a bit disheartened as they should have thought about it far before a fourth year course in their major.