[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

[combat_boots]

http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li2h359HrN1qebdsfo1_1280.jpg

[Da Coyote]

Indeed.

She actually thought up the first versions of “spread spectrum” technology.

I start my senior/grad level advanced comm theory courses showing her patent and history.

Think about that. Back then our stars actually had not only talent, but measurable IQs.

Fast forward to now...where it’s a contest between H-Wood and the Obamadork for the multiverse’s lowest IQ.

[Tupelo]

Beautiful with brains.
THAT could be a deadly combination. In Hedy's (It's Hedy! Not Hedley!) case, she use both for truth, justice and the American way.

[Mich Patriot]

(No comment required)

[GeronL]

an actress with an actual brain

don’t see those any more. lol

[Izzy Dunne]

George Antheil, a composer, author and inventor Lamarr reportedly consulted on how to improve her figure.

Uhhhh... Yes. When I want to improve MY figure, the first thing I think of is to consult a composer/author.

The topic of their conversations soon turned to radio-controlled torpedoes

But of course... what ELSE could a composer/author and an actress talk about?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Not actually 100. She died in January 2000.

[Defiant]

She created CDMA, but gave it away, and so Qualcomm didn’t have to pay her royalties.

[Talisker]

Harnessing the torpedo knowledge she acquired from the meetings she attended with her former husband, Lamarr began collaborating with Antheil on frequency hopping...

I love a good story just like anyone else, but Antheil was an actual inventor, and Hedy got information from other scientists and engineers from meetings she had no real cause to be in in the first place - which she then gave to Antheil. What was that information? How in-depth was it? After she gave it to Antheil, how much did he extend it?

Yes, she COLLABORATED with Antheil, and so she was on the patent. But it sounds like actual scientists, engineers, inventors and businessmen developed most of this technology. To claim she "invented" it is going a bit far. She neither developed the root ideas nor their expression on her own, and there's no listing of her personal insights in the matter.

Sorry for the reality check, but Hollywood is Hollywood, and you don't get more Hollywood than Hedy Lamarr.

[martin_fierro]

To prevent remote-controlled torpedoes from being hijacked, she helped develop an early version of spread spectrum communication, which is part of the basis for wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Yeah, like the starlets of today stand a chance of doing something similar.

[zeugma]

Awesome lady. Beautiful and smart.