McLaren has never been a car company that thought small, but it seems their most recent foray into luxury has led them into the realm of sound. As told to the Sunday Times (in the UK), the design chief at McLaren said they’re close to completing work on a system that will do away with wipers entirely. They’re essentially replacing the wipers with an ultrasonic tranducer that will send 30khz waves of ultrasound across the windshield to gently push away water. Apparently this would work for snow & even bugs. Which, considering the top speed of most McLaren autos, will be exceedingly necessary. Now I wonder when they’ll have the windshield wiper: dubstep edition (via CarsUK.net)