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packman

(16,296 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 11:49 AM Mar 2015

Got WiFi and Bluetooth? Thanks to Hedy LaMarr

"Hedy Lamarr was voted the most desirable pin-up girl during World War II, she was scandalously known as the first movie star to simulate a female orgasm on screen, but Hedy had a hidden intellectual talent and a blueprint for success that went far beyond Hollywood"



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http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/06/13/meet-the-hollywood-bombshell-who-invented-the-basis-for-modern-wifi/

Three DU points to the first one posting video from Blazing Saddles - "That's Hedley"

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Got WiFi and Bluetooth? Thanks to Hedy LaMarr (Original Post) packman Mar 2015 OP
Gotta love Hedley Lamarr. Cool article, thanks. F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #1
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