Environmental and Ethical Analysis: The True Costs T EAM 12 - SUPER TANK

O VERVIEW  Project Refresher  A Basic Question  An Ethical Look (Qualitative)  Environmental (Quantitative)  A Personal Perspective

P ROJECT R EFRESHER  Long Range Vehicle (Tank) Control over wireless network  Operate from anywhere in the world (Website/Android App)  Collaboration with HKUST  Shared Server  Customizable for new vehicle features

PSSC S  An ability to send/receive/decode commands from a controller wirelessly  An ability to control direction/firing capability of a vehicle  An ability to autonomously avoid obstacles encountered by the tank  An ability to provide sensor feedback to a wireless controller  An ability to monitor a battery and prevent unexpected signal loss by alerting operator

A B ASIC Q UESTION SUPER TANK Me ?

E THICAL Q UESTIONS ?  NONE!

E THICAL Q UESTIONS  Will this be used to hurt anyone?  How secure does it have to be? Can it be hacked by terrorists?  Who should we allow to use SUPER TANK?  Etc..  Not the focus of this analysis.  INDUSTRIAL CASE - We’ll assume DARPA hired us for honest reasons to deploy the SUPER TANK  RESIDENTIAL CASE – We’ll assume we are producing a toy.

E THICAL I MPACT  How thoroughly tested should this be?  What regulations should we comply with?  Where should we add warning Labels?  User manual cautions?  Should we add any additional safety mechanisms?

E THICAL I MPACT  What regulations should we comply with?  It should be FCC Class B compliant.  How thoroughly tested should this be?  All FCC Class B features  Potential injury from cannon  External pinch points of motors  Reliability of all functions related to PSSCs

E THICAL I MPACT  Where should we add warning Labels?  If cannon can injure: On chasis  User manual cautions?  If cannon can injure  Should we add any additional safety mechanisms?  Physical safe gaurds against motor pinch points

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT ?

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT C ONSTRAINTS  We are in the Residential market space  No evaluation of Network  Just Purdue’s Vehicle

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT SUPER TANK Halo Tank ?

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT SUPER TANK Me ?

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT – C OSTS

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT – M ITIGATIONS Proper Labeling and Documentation

SUPER TANK S - C ARBON F OOTPRINT

H ALO T ANKS - C ARBON F OOTPRINT Halo Tank

H ALO T ANKS - C ARBON F OOTPRINT About (2/5)ths that of SUPER TANK

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT SUPER TANK Halo Tank ? >

M Y P ERSONAL C ARBON F OOTPRINT  Conversation.org -> 14.7 Tons CO2/year  EPA.gov -> 16.0 Tons CO2/year  Averaged is Tons CO2/year

M Y P ERSONAL C ARBON F OOTPRINT  Estimate I will live to be 85.  Estimate my standard of living will increase at 3% per year  Estimate standards of living are proportional to your Carbon Footprint ∑(1.03)^n n = 0 62 = 2783 Tons CO2 1 Matt =~ 1000 Super Tanks

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT SUPER TANK Me << 2783 Tons CO Tons CO2

E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT SUPER TANK Me < 1.21 Tons/Year15.35 Tons/Year

Q UESTIONS ?