{"id":9453,"date":"2022-05-05T16:09:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=9453"},"modified":"2023-10-10T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:26:43","slug":"not-just-another-pretty-face-hedy-lamarr-was-the-real-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=9453","title":{"rendered":"Not just another pretty face…….Hedy Lamarr was the real deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u200b”Hedy Lamarr, Old Hollywood sex symbol, had a brain. It’s a fact that may be nearly as overlooked as the inventor’s wartime creation: landmark technology that was a precursor to Bluetooth.”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s not surprising that she’s known best for her sultry persona, given her film role that made everyone sit up and take notice. In 1933’s “Ecstasy,” a Czech film, she raised eyebrows and drew condemnation around the globe when she appeared nude in one part of the film and simulated an orgasm in another.\u00a0 <\/span><\/em>Lamarr is seen going skinny-dipping and, still without a stitch on, chasing a runaway horse. The orgasm scene comes later, and, yes, she does smoke a cigarette afterward. “Ecstasy” is considered the first theatrically released movie to feature an actress simulating an <\/span><\/em>orgasm on screen. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

She was a real beauty, yet an average actress, sometimes better in better films, sometimes forgettable in lesser flicks. \u00a0She was so-so with respect to marriage, six husbands along the way. \u00a0Three children proved her to be a good mother. \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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But did you know that Hedy Lamarr was a world class inventor, a woman that made a significant difference in the way we live our lives today in the twenty-first century?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I enjoyed her movies, but I can positively say that I enjoy Wi-Fi and what it brings to my modern life. At the beginning of World War 2 back in the late 1930’s Lamarr and composer George Antheil combined minds to “developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes<\/a>, which used spread spectrum<\/a> and frequency hopping<\/a> technology to defeat the threat of jamming<\/a> by the Axis powers<\/a>. The principles of their work are now incorporated into modern GPS<\/a>, Wi-Fi<\/a>, CDMA<\/a> and Bluetooth<\/a> technology. Though not used in WW2, their inventions ” were key\u00a0in 1962, at the time of the Cuban missile crisis<\/a>, as an updated version of their design appeard on US Navy ships.\u00a0The design is one of the important elements behind today’s spread-spectrum communication technology<\/a>, such as GPS<\/a>, CDMA<\/a>, Wi-Fi<\/a> networks and Bluetooth<\/a> technology<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
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\nYes, where would we be today without GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth……..? \u00a0 What about Alka-Seltzer? No, she didn’t invent that but she did develop a tablet with the fizz in the tablet for a carbonated drink. She also invented improvements to traffic lights that we still use today.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms Lamarr and composer Geroge Antheil’s\u00a0work led to their being inducted into the\u00a0National Inventors Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0in 2014<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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