Rain Aware Replacement Wiper Blades Push Technology Envelope To The Limit.
The basic wiper blade model has come a long way since its first design all the way back at the start of the century. The initial wiper blade construction didn’t even have rubber wiper blade it was produced from two groups of brushes, these days wiper blade technology has gone from strength to strength, with progress in both the material used and in the common design. For example, the conservative rubber wiper blade has long since become accessory and will one day in my opinion be entirely abandoned by the mostly superior silicone based wiper blades models.
But that’s not the only thing which has under gone a quantum jump in design with the start of flat replacement wiper blades designed to minimise the aerodynamic drag and moving bits the world of motor car wind screens has never had it so good. But the ride doesn’t end there, now you can even buy replacement wiper blades which decide their own action with the developement of rain operated replacement wiper blades the driver doesn’t even have to push a switch any more. Things sure have come a long way since the car owner had to place his hand out of the wind screen and sweep it down himself, or since the hand crank operated design which needed the driver to supply the muscle himself. Recent innovations have driven the scientists to come up with rain sensing technology, which will endeavour to change the pace of the replacement wiper blades mechanism independently.
The initial attempts at this resulted in wind screens which attempted to detect individual rain drops hitting the wind screen, or by using a specialised paintjob which would abort water from even staying on the glass. Other things have even tried to adapt vibrations in order to dislodge water from the wind screen cleanly. Ultimately however none of these systems proved good in the field and they all fell by the way side to be replaced with more practical and more commercially successful designs. The latest incarnation of this technology applies optical sensors to detect the volume of moisture which is placed easily near the rear view mirror on the inside of the car. Infrared light is powered onto the wind screen at a particular angle, if the glass is see through most of this light will be reflected back, if not the light will be reflected in all aberrant directions triggering the wipers. The wipers are controlled by sophisticated software which can determine how much water is on the wind screen by how much the infrared light has been dispersed. The software will then in turn about face the wipers to appropriate speed settings and voila automatic rain sensing wipers are a reality. If the user prefers to do it the old fashioned way if he is just plain old school or something he can sidestep the system and do it manually, this also comes in very handy when you’re washing the wind screen. This gizmo is currently mainly seen in the United States of America but in this reviewers observaion it wont be long be fore it makes the trip across the Atlantic and into European cars.
