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Aug 30, 2022 · Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood actress and inventor from Vienna, Austria, who developed frequency hopping—the technology behind WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Until recently, her legacy was nothing short of shallow.
Hedy Lamarr (/ ˈ h ɛ d i /; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 [a] – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress and inventor. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia , including the controversial erotic romantic drama Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, Friedrich Mandl , and secretly moved to ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian American actress during MGM's "Golden Age" who also left her mark on technology. She helped develop an early technique for spread spectrum communications.
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
Mar 5, 2024 · Lamarr was a glamorous movie star by day, but she was also a self‑trained inventor who developed a technology to help sink Nazi U‑boats.
Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born American film star who was often typecast as a provocative femme fatale. Years after her screen career ended, she achieved recognition as a noted inventor of a radio communications device.
But far beyond the Hollywood image, Lamarr was an inventor. She was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. Her father was the director of a bank and her Hungarian mother was a concert pianist. During a small dinner party in 1940, Lamarr met a kindred inventive spirit in George Antheil.
HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr explores Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood stardom and inventive achievements in the war effort. A Viennese-born film star of the 1930s to 1950s known as “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” Lamarr stored away knowledge of munitions while married to Austrian arms dealer, Friedrich “Fritz” Mandl.
Jun 3, 2008 · Hedy Lamarr wasn't just a beautiful movie star. According to a new play, Frequency Hopping, she was also a shrewd inventor who devised a signal technology that millions of people use every...
The National Inventors Hall of Fame highlights the success of NIHF Inductee, actress and inventor – Hedy Lamarr.
