Hedy+Lamarr,+Actress+and+Inventor




 * Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr is now recognized as a female Inventor for her work on a torpedo guidance system that was used successfully by the American military during World War II.**
 * Along with collaborator George Anthill, she was a pioneer in the field of wireless communications and spread spectrum technology
 * Discovered how to manipulate radio frequencies (called frequency hopping) to form an unbreakable code to protect classified messages from being intercepted by the German military
 * Her work was a forerunner to modern day Bluetooth technology used in mobile phones and Wi-Fi systems.
 * She never received any money for her invention that was largely ignored at the time


 * She was marketed as the most beautiful woman in the world by Hollywood film makers
 * But she lived an unhappy life as a movie actress beset by scandal, celebrity, sexism and depression.

Go here for Hedy Lamarr's 101st Birthday Google Doodle (November 9, 2015)


 * Her Birthday, November 9 is also European Inventors Day

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Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Invention of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World Richard Rhodes, 2012.

The book describes how the Hollywood film star was also a scientific inventor who collaborated on the development of spread-spectrum radio, the technology that made wireless phones, GPS systems, and many other devices possible. Click here for a "Most Beautiful Woman by Day, Inventor by Night," an NPR podcast on the book //Hedy's Folly// by Richard Rhodes

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