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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
If you live in a place that sees freezing temperatures, you likely have had problems with wipers that freeze and windshields that ice up. It's a pain, and even on cars with heated washer systems, it can take ages for them to warm up and start working. Nobody has time for that at 6 a.m. in Detroit in the middle of December, so Ford came up with a better idea.
The VisioWiper system takes the idea of heated washer jets and builds on them, and it's getting its debut in the Lincoln Aviator. See, the main thing that sets the VisioWiper apart from other systems is the fact that the wiper blade itself has a heating element in it, and that it also dispenses heated fluid through nozzles integrated into the blade.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday December 23 2019, @10:23AM (1 child)
The bit in which the snow on the windshield is melted with additional to form ice behind.
All at a cost of half-a-cat-battery worth of current (if you don't start the engine. If you do start it, you gain 3 less minutes until yurt windshield is clear).
Ah, of course, silly me...in addition, this is done "ob a computer" - actually an IoT thingy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday December 23 2019, @11:38PM
(lesson: never post on S/N while standing during the commute train)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0