Right, so everyone bangs on about Einstein and Tesla, but let’s give a bit of credit to a forgotten queen: Hedy flipping Lamarr. Not only did she look like a literal goddess, she lowkey helped invent the tech behind your Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Yeah—mad, innit?
Who Was She Then?
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Born in Austria, 1914 (real name Hedwig Kiesler—bit of a mouthful)
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Became a massive film star in old-school Hollywood
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And get this: also a war-time inventor with a brain sharp enough to slice through steel
The Invention Bit
During World War II, she teamed up with a composer (random, I know) named George Antheil, and together they invented frequency hopping—a way to send radio signals that kept jumping frequencies so enemy forces couldn’t jam it.
Was the military impressed? Not really. They chucked it in a drawer and cracked on like nothing happened. Absolute muppets.
Decades later, though... that exact concept turned into:
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Wi-Fi
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Bluetooth
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GPS
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Mobile network tech (CDMA if you're into the nerdy details)
Her Legacy Today:
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Didn’t get the flowers she deserved in her lifetime( so sad broo)
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Now called the Mother of Wi-Fi
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Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014
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Basically a tech legend that history tried to ghost
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