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Last weekend, Lisa Wischkaemper, Heather and I went downtown to attempt a little night photography of a few of the monuments. We weren’t very efficient with our time and spent all our time at the WWII memorial, which is very well done. When we arrived, we met this little fellow (almost 90 years old) that was handing out information on how to register veterans for the memorial and spoke with him for awhile. We heard a few stories of his time in the war, saw a picture of the ship he was deployed on, and discovered he was an inventor. Being the curious guy I am, I asked what he had invented and he replied: “Ever heard of the DC Brushless Motor?” I don’t know the complete history behind the development of the Brushless DC motor, but I did find the patent he was referring to, which was granted in 1965. He also said he had two patents in the works; One was a method to safely dispose of radioactive waste, the other was a method to efficiently desalinate salt water. He told me with a smile that it wouldn’t be long before we were irrigating deserts.

This is Mr. Wesley O. Niccolls, WWII vet, inventor, US Patent 3210631:

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