While celebrated as a Hollywood icon, Hedy Lamarr also left a lasting mark on technology. Discover the history of her 1942 ...

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After a day’s filming for a movie, Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) would often slip unnoticed from her set trailer to get in a swim in her agent’s pool. There, she might be seen pausing after a lap ...

Hedy Lamarr, glamorous siren of the silver screen, was more than 'The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'. She invented Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology that makes the world of wireless ...

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When we consider the technologies used in today’s wireless world, it is common for us to think about lab researchers and computer engineers. What should be noted, though, is the fact that one of the ...

Hedy Lamarr’s legacy extends far beyond Hollywood glamour. Behind the screen persona was an inventive mind that helped pioneer technology foundational to modern wireless communication, raising ...

As an actress, she was known as the “most beautiful woman in the world” during the 1940s. Lamarr was also a technological genius whose inventions helped support the Allies during WWII. Bob Cranston ...