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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Title, Analytic | Story of an Austrian Inventor Named Hedy Lamarr |
| Journal Title | Der Blumenbaum |
| Date of Publication | Oct./Nov./Dec. 2005 |
| Volume ID | 23 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 94, ill. |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 1063-8849 |
| Abstract | Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, born in 1914 in Vienna, is otherwise known as the 1940s movie idol Hedy Lamarr. But she also came up with a "brainstorm that helped lead to wireless Internet and cellphones." Lamarr and her Hollywood neighbor George Antheil patented an idea for radio "frequency hopping" and then donated it to the government, which promptly classified it. The concept was utilized in military computer chips in the 1950s, was declassified in 1985, and then was applied to cellphones, cordless phones, and the Wi-Fi Internet protocols. |
| Notes | Sacramento German Genealogy Society |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans/ Austria/ Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000 |