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Hedy Lamarr: Technology
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When she wasn't dramatically escaping from Nazis or inventing the technology that eventually led to cell phones and wireless networking, Hedy Lamarr was the quintessential movie star, one of the most popular and glamorous Hollywood actresses of the 1930s and '40s. Her notorious appearance in the 1933 film Ecstasy (in which the then-teenaged Lamarr appeared nude) began a love affair with the silver screen that lasted three decades.
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Perhaps the best article on Lamarr's invention can be found in the Spring, 1997 issue of American Heritage of Invention &Technology. This cover story is titled “Advanced Weaponry of the Stars” and is written by Hans-Joachim Braun. The story can be found on pages 10 - 16.
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Any list with amazingly extraordinary women should include Hedy Lamarr. Most people in the technology business remember her from the 1998 lawsuit against COREL because of their unauthorised use of her likeness on the cover of CorelDRAW 8. However they have more reasons to remember her.
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Lamarr is a "huge part of the history of this industry," Proxim Inc. Chief Executive David C. King told The Wall Street Journal in 1997. His company introduced a circuit board with spread spectrum in 1989 and later put out hundreds of products using the technology.
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