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Remember Hedy Lamarr?

Post by megman » 12-05-2011 05:31 PM

You can thank 1940s sex symbol Hedy Lamarr for today's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices

Whenever you use your cellphone, Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth headset, you have actress Hedy Lamarr to thank.

Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna in 1913, starred in classic films such as "Samson and Delilah" (1949), "Boom Town" (1940), "The Conspirators" (1944) and the Czechoslovakian film "Ecstasy" (1933), in which she famously became the first actress to simulate an orgasm on film.

But Lamarr's greatest long-term contribution to society was not as an actress but as an inventor. She and composer George Antheil co-invented early techniques for spread-spectrum communications and frequency hopping, technologies that were used for military communication for decades and which now form the core of many of today's most popular wireless devices.

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Post by HB3 » 12-05-2011 05:49 PM

That's Hedley.

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Post by megman » 12-05-2011 05:56 PM

HB3 wrote: That's Hedley.


HEDLEY Lamarr was the character from Blazing Saddles.

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Post by Fan » 12-05-2011 07:48 PM

It is pretty amazing, but shows what the human mind can do when applied seriously to a problem.

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Post by SquidInk » 12-05-2011 07:49 PM

HB3 wrote: That's Hedley.


:D

I didn't get a 'harrumph' outta that guy!
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Post by HB3 » 12-05-2011 07:58 PM

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Post by megman » 12-05-2011 08:40 PM

Its a friggin funny movie that really pushed all the boundries for its time. I watch it at least once a month.:coolhat:
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