📡 HEDY LAMARR: THE HOLLYWOOD ICON WHO INVENTED YOUR WI-FI 🔍

📡 HEDY LAMARR: THE HOLLYWOOD ICON WHO INVENTED YOUR WI-FI 🔍
Before WiFi, GPS, or Bluetooth existed, Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr co-invented “frequency hopping”—a WWII-era tech that became the foundation of modern wireless communication. But for 50 years, her genius was buried under sexism and scandal. Here’s how the world stole her legacy… and why she’s finally getting justice.

🔑 Key Moments:

1942 Patent: Filed US Patent #2,292,387 for frequency-hopping torpedoes.

Navy Rejection: Dismissed her invention as “too complex” but used it in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

1997 Recognition: Received the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award… 55 years late.

Legacy: Her tech underpins $1 trillion wireless industry.
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