Desperately needing advice for an Engineering project. Help?

[soharris1]

Ok. So. I'm a student studying Mech. E, and one of my electives involves gaging potential interest and usage for certain patents. If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way? Please be as honest as possible. Also, if this product could be modified to have an even greater impact, in what way should it be modified? Thanks y'all!

Best,
Olivia Harris

 

[cosmo1]

In conjunction with ORION, sounds like a winner.

 

[burrheadd]

Ok. So. I'm a student studying Mech. E, and one of my electives involves gaging potential interest and usage for certain patents. If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way? Please be as honest as possible. Also, if this product could be modified to have an even greater impact, in what way should it be modified? Thanks y'all!

Best,
Olivia Harris

What up girl

 

[MyTripisCut]

Ok. So. I'm a student studying Mech. E, and one of my electives involves gaging potential interest and usage for certain patents. If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way? Please be as honest as possible. Also, if this product could be modified to have an even greater impact, in what way should it be modified? Thanks y'all!

Best,
Olivia Harris

Gonna be as honest as possible. Shove it where the sun don’t shine, and gather data on your farts!

 

[Wilson1397]

Gonna be as honest as possible. Shove it where the sun don’t shine, and gather data on your farts!

Lmao.......now that’s brutally honest

 

[burrheadd]

Gonna be as honest as possible. Shove it where the sun don’t shine, and gather data on your farts!

Lmao

Spit my drink out!

 

[MyTripisCut]

Lmao.......now that’s brutally honest

Lmao

Spit my drink out!

What could we possibly need wind direction and speed for? Delivering cardboard. C’mon.

 

[rod]

UPS don't give a crap about fuel mileage. They put on a good front about being environmentally friendly but they would never tell someone to slow down to get better mileage.

 

[burrheadd]

What could we possibly need wind direction and speed for? Delivering cardboard. C’mon.

Wait until those drones come on line

 

[Turdferguson]

Ok. So. I'm a student studying Mech. E, and one of my electives involves gaging potential interest and usage for certain patents. If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way? Please be as honest as possible. Also, if this product could be modified to have an even greater impact, in what way should it be modified? Thanks y'all!

Best,
Olivia Harris

Wind resistance and fuel economy?
That 10 miles an hour your are driving in a neighborhood going from one house to the next really creates a lot of resistance.
Worst thesis idea ever

 

[cosmo1]

Wind resistance and fuel economy?
That 10 miles an hour your are driving in a neighborhood going from one house to the next really creates a lot of resistance.
Worst thesis idea ever

I'm thinking she should pitch her idea to Mr. Musk.

Five to ten more miles range on Autopilot, guaran-freaking-teed.

 

[burrheadd]

Ok. So. I'm a student studying Mech. E, and one of my electives involves gaging potential interest and usage for certain patents. If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way? Please be as honest as possible. Also, if this product could be modified to have an even greater impact, in what way should it be modified? Thanks y'all!

Best,
Olivia Harris

You’d have a better chance designing a piss bottle holder

 

[Catatonic]

What could we possibly need wind direction and speed for? Delivering cardboard. C’mon.

I was in Industrial Engineering at UPS.
Robot drivers - yes
Teamster drivers - incapable of processing that info.

You're probably 50 years too early.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Sell it to UPS for Billions.
Great idea

 

[Box Ox]

If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way?

No. But I would be interested in any center manager replacement you could come up with. We’d save a load of money if we could just do our jobs.

 

[Jackburton]

I was in Industrial Engineering at UPS.
Robot drivers - yes
Teamster drivers - incapable of processing that info.

You're probably 50 years too early.

I can back up his claim, here is one of @Monkey Butt first prototype tested in the loading area.

 

[cosmo1]

I was in Industrial Engineering at UPS.
Robot drivers - yes
Teamster drivers - incapable of processing that info.

You're probably 50 years too early.

Oh, please.

I was very adept at calculating wind speed and direction when it came to tossing Penney's and Lands End bags onto porches.

 

[Rack em]

Even if Ups did buy it, a driver isn't going to slow down just because some machine tells us to and Ups knows it. I back first multiple times a day, but we aren't supposed to do that either.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

Ok. So. I'm a student studying Mech. E, and one of my electives involves gaging potential interest and usage for certain patents. If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way? Please be as honest as possible. Also, if this product could be modified to have an even greater impact, in what way should it be modified? Thanks y'all!

Best,
Olivia Harris

But can it calculate the air speed of an unladen African swallow?

 

[Dr.Brownz]

Ok. So. I'm a student studying Mech. E, and one of my electives involves gaging potential interest and usage for certain patents. If there was a sensor that tracked wind direction and speed, and told the driver to adjust his or her speed a specific way in order to maximize fuel economy, would this product be of any use to UPS drivers and in what way? Please be as honest as possible. Also, if this product could be modified to have an even greater impact, in what way should it be modified? Thanks y'all!

Best,
Olivia Harris

Real talk: Speed (namely how long something takes) is always going to be the key factor in all decisions. No one is going to care about fuel economy when they could just pay a little extra and get it done faster. Faster means more production ($$$). The massive investment is not worth it for such a minimal gain

Maybe re-purpose into a sensor to detect when wind speeds are becoming hazardous (might cause a rollover or veering or something). Something like that could be advanced to fit into an automated vehicle in 100 years. You are welcome college student with no real world experience, this dropout did your homework for you.