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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyNan, post: 4678625, member: 4"] [USER=44]@CL82[/USER] asked who the woman in my avatar is. Rather than divert that thread onto a new topic, I’m starting a separate one Hedy Lamarr. Beautiful women are often underestimated, especially decades ago [I][URL='https://hedylamarr.com/about/biography/']Biography – Hedy Lamarr[/URL] As if being a beautiful, talented actress was not enough, Hedy was also a gifted mathematician, scientist, and innovator. Alongside the famed composer George Antheil, Lamarr patented the "Secret Communication System" during World War II. Her idea - now referred to as "frequency hopping" - pertained to a way for radio guidance transmitters and torpedo's receivers to jump simultaneously from frequency to frequency. The Hollywood star's invention sought to put an end to enemies' interception of classified military strategies, signals, and messages. While the technology of the time prevented the feasibility of "frequency hopping" at first, the advent of the transistor and its later downsizing propelled Lamarr's idea far in both the military and the cell phone industry. Overall, the Hollywood actress introduced the technology that would serve as the foundation of modern-day WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. Her creation of "frequency hopping," which holds an estimated worth of $30 billion, led her to receive the Pioneer Award of the Electronic Frontier Foundation as well as the Invention Convention's Bulbie Gnass Spirit of Achievement Award.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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