[Pharmboy]

Both of these women were robbed; but, it happens a lot. And to men too, from what I understand.

[The G Man]

I always thought it was Hedley Lamar.

[Steely Tom]

Hedy Lamarr == Serious Knockout.

Want to see how serious? Check out the oldie "Boom Town," with Spencer Tracey and Clark Gable.

It's also a good, old fashioned success story that celebrates American culture.

(steely)

[GraniteStateConservative]

How about a date with Hedy Lamar? You gonna git it.
If you want it, baby.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Lamarr's insight was to realize that continuously and randomly changing the radio frequencies would defy jamming. In early 1940, she and the composer George Antheil devised a system for airplanes to direct torpedoes toward their targets.

BUMP

[-YYZ-]

"In the late 50's, the frequency-hopping idea began to be used in military computer chips."

Highly unlikely, as the IC didn't exist until, what, the late 60's at the earliest? And anything that could be considered a computer chip didn't exist until the 70's.

[nmh]

She certainly was a stunning woman however I'd bet Hollywood will distort her. They'll probably play up the nude scene and turn her into the cold hearted feminist of today.

[CaptainK]

"Had she been born in another era," the writer said, "she could have really gone for it and lived up to her potential."

That's a bit presumptuous. Hedy seemed to have done what she wanted to do and did very well for herself.

[Petronski]

Merchant Ivory will do this story justice. I was afraid it might be those sugary bastards at Disney working on this.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Also Hedy's father and brother were electrical engineers I think. She picked up a lot of information without much formal training. There's an issure of the IEEE Spectrum that interviews her and discusses her contributions.

[hobbes1]

Most perfect woman ever born ping.


But Really, who could do her pictorial justice on Film????

[Billthedrill]

I'd heard her story but I flat refused to believe it. Nobody should be that smart and that beautiful.

I do think that the statement that she hadn't reached her potential is just a little unrealistic. A very large number of very brilliant people are denied recognition because their work is classified - it's one of the sacrifices people make for their country during wartime. Other equally talented people end up bleeding to death in muddy trenches.

[SevenofNine]

OH WOW you mean THESE Hedy Lamarr invented basic of cell phone ALRIGHT

Rack ittt

[summer]

Thanks for posting this fascinating article! :)

[Rufusthered]

No, they were not robbed. Every big invention has 1000+ people who "thought of it first". The difference here is someone is using grant money data mining examples of women who did something (ANYTHING!) in science and technology who appear to be discriminated against because they were women. The one place affirmative action hasn't penetrated is the sciences and engineering schools, because you have to give grades based on actual scores rather than biasing it for sacred "minorities". That institution is no under attack for this reason and the above is part of the ammunition.