Who Invented Signal Hopping?
Hedwig Kiesler, Hedy Lamarr’s real name, was born in Vienna in 1914. She immigrated to the US in 1937 and caught the attention of movie director Louis B. Mayer while sailing from London to New York. Hedy Lamarr went on to star in over 25 films, sharing the screen with some of Hollywood’s most recognizable leading…
Hedwig Kiesler, Hedy Lamarr’s real name, was born in Vienna in 1914. She immigrated to the US in 1937 and caught the attention of movie director Louis B. Mayer while sailing from London to New York.
Hedy Lamarr went on to star in over 25 films, sharing the screen with some of Hollywood’s most recognizable leading men, and she made friends with people like US President John F. Kennedy and business mogul Howard Hughes. Lamarr’s career on the silver screen was frequently based on her appearance, like many female roles at the time. In one of her earliest films, the 1933 film Ecstasy, she portrayed what is regarded as being cinema’s first ever on-screen depiction of a female orgasm, for which she is still renowned.
Who Invented Signal Hopping?
Frequency hopping was a clever technique for switching between radio frequencies to prevent signal jamming. It was created as a “secret communications system” by Hedy Lamarr and American composer George Antheil.
