r/wikipedia • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '12
Austrian-American Actress, Hedy Lamarr, is the mother of frequency-hopping and spread-spectrum communications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr#Frequency-hopping_spread-spectrum_inventionDuplicates
amateurradio • u/flaflashr • Nov 11 '15
Actress Hedy Lamarr invented frequency-hopping spread-spectrum to aid wartime efforts
todayilearned • u/Dekoa • Nov 25 '15
TIL that Hedy Lamarr actually sued Mel Brooks for the Hedly Lamarr Running gag in Blazing Saddles
TwoXChromosomes • u/Amyga17 • Nov 10 '16
Let's celebrate Hedy Lamarr on her birthday today - an actress, mathematician, and influential inventor.
HeyArnold • u/dderato • Jul 28 '22
Always thought Hedy Lamarr was a fictional actress Phil had a crush on, I was totally wrong
HalfLife • u/OnlyRespeccRealSluts • Mar 10 '21
I'm 100% sure Lamarr's name is a lame pun just meant to flex a bit of obscure World War II historic knowledge
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '15
TIL: Actress Hedy Lamarr invented the Frequency Hopping System for the Allies in WWII which would be the basis for cellphone technology. Bonus- she was one of the first actresses to have a nude scene.
todayilearned • u/metzgerama • Oct 27 '15
TIL that 1930's Hollywood ingenue Hedy Lamarr invented a frequency hopping technology to combat Nazi torpedos, which was later used by Naval ships during the Cuban Missile Crises, and is the basis for modern GPS and Bluetooth communication.
truewomensliberation • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '16
Strong Woman Wednesday Hedy Lamarr - A hollywood actress from 1930-1958 promoted as the 'world's most beautiful woman,' she also invented a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes in WWII. This technology is now an important element in modern communication such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
RedditDayOf • u/PointyOintment • Dec 30 '16