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Clearly, without this invention, wipers to this day would still work on a sigle speed, calibrated for heavy rain. Millions of tons of wasted rubber and plastic,
by yholio 8y ago
Clearly, without this invention, wipers to this day would still work on a sigle speed, calibrated for heavy rain. Millions of tons of wasted rubber and plastic, etc.
- ceejayoz 8y agoThe specific mechanism was quite clever. "Someone would've eventually invented this" can be said about everything we use. Someone would've figured out the Internet, internal combustion, flying, etc. That doesn't mean it's not a notable accomplishment to do so.
- CamperBob2 8y agoBut does every "notable accomplishment" require a 20-year monopoly? Anytime there's a foot race to the patent office, we, the consumers, are the inevitable loser.