Hedy Lamarr, the mother of wi-fi, dissed by film industry
 

It was only towards the end of her life that film star Hedy Lamarr was acknowledged as being the co-inventor of technology that underlies technologies including GPS, wi-fi and Bluetooth.


A film about her life – Bombshell – has gone on general release in the UK today but my feeling is it raises more questions than it answers.

Lamarr co-invented a technology called frequency hopping with composer George Antheil as part of their effort to prevent German u-boats devastating Atlantic traffic. They donated it to the US Navy which couldn't see its potential and told Lamarr to get on her bike.

Antheil sure was a crazy guy - as far as we can tell - not her lover but understood the piano roll all too well. Which was the basis of their anti-torpedo invention, dissed at first.


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