Flash of Genius is based on a 1993 The New Yorker magazine article written by journalist John Seabrook about the life of Robert Kearns, inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper. It was adapted for the screen by screenwriter Philip Railsback.
Yes. Mary Anderson in 1905. Kearns' invention is the system that improves upon the wiper, wipes intermittently, once every second or every 10 seconds, adjustable and set by the driver.
