The story sounds like fiction An actress regarded as the most beautiful woman in the world meets an avant garde composer during the Second World War Together they invent a radio technology for the U S military which today is said to have laid the foundation for modern telecommunications Now when was this It was in the 1940s in Hollywood where Hedwig Kiesler born in Vienna in 1913 as the daughter of a banker had ended up Under the name of Hedy Lamarr she co stars in movies with Clark Gable Spencer Tracy and James Stewart her face even serves as the model for Walt Disney s Snow White Any girl can be glamorous she once says all you have to do is stand still and look stupid Obviously beauty was not enough for the screen goddess who already had an interest in technology as a child Lamarr pur portedly even had a car on the set that was ded icated to her inventions which were intended to help fight National Socialism Together with a friend composer George Antheil she experi ments with a secret communication system to guide torpedoes by means of radio communica tion unaffected by enemy jamming In 1942 she has the invention of frequency hopping pat ented albeit the U S Navy initially ignores the technology and advises her that she d make a greater contribution by selling kisses to push war bonds Years later internet developers pick up the idea frequency hopping becomes the foundation for wireless communication such as WLAN and Bluetooth It is not until 1997 three years before Lamarr s death that the American Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF recognizes her invention with the Pioneer Award Her comment It s about time THE TELE COMMUNICATOR About Hollywood 1970 1980 1990 guess what year a woman won the Academy Award for Best Director for the first time It s hard to believe but it s not until 2010 that Kathryn Bigelow is the first and so far only woman to win this distinction for her work on The Hurt Locker in the 91 year history of the Academy Awards HEDY LAMARR 1914 2000 38 39

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