Robert Kearns, PhD (CIT '64), attributed his invention of the intermittent windshield wiper to a wedding night accident: As he was opening a champagne bottle in his hotel room, the cork flew off and ...
Picture it: the early 1960s, it's raining lightly outside, and your windshield wipers are refusing to slow down. They continue, unstinting, faster than the drizzle needs. Mild annoyance today; ...