Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr - - Invention of extended spectrum technology (precursor of wifi) Hedy Lamarr born on Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler born on November 9, 1914. She was born in Austria but became an American. Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr, "the Angelina Jolie of her day," was also an inventor and the person behind advances in communication technology in the 1940s that led to today’s Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. "People used to think she was way too beautiful to have a brilliant idea" That bright idea was called frequency hopping: a way to jump on radio frequencies to avoid a third interference in your signal. It was after the Second World War that it emerged as a form of secret communication of all the devices we use today. Finally, in 1997, she was honored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. And later in the same year Lamarr became the first female recipient of the BULBIE Gnass Spirit of Achievement Award a prestigious prize for inventors. Proving she was more than just another pretty face, Lamarr broke stereotypes and won a place between the 20th century’s most important women inventors. During her heyday, Lamarr was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. Her face was the inspiration for Disney’s Snow White and for Catwoman. Also, Lamarr started her own production company in 1946 and she was successful. A lot of people think that Lamarr was a complex individual who was famed in Hollywood for her beauty, but The truth is more complicated than that ... She died on January 19, 2000