for a science fair project some time in middle school, i tried to invent wind-sheild wipers for glasses.

i took an old pair of glasses, the pink and aqua ones, and affixed to them a pair of clip-on sunglasses with the lenses snapped out. to these, i attached tiny wipers made ineffectually of strips of rubber found somewhere in our basement.

at this point, i was at somewhat of a loss. i tried to rig a motor from some tiny wind-up toy, but decided it would be too heavy and cumbersome. plus, i wasn't sure what the rain would do to it, and that seemed to defy the whole point. the next idea was a pulley of sorts, which i abandoned for lack of patience, mostly.

shortly thereafter, i abandoned the whole idea and put our pet rat through a maze, i think.
maybe that was the year i did odyssey of the mind instead.

at any rate, i was wishing for that particular invention while squinting through my rainsmeared glasses today, trying not to run into anyone on my way back from lunch.