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Hedy Lamarr Google Doodle

Say Nay — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 12:57:28 GMT

Cool doodle and very interesting. Hedy Lamarr was not just a well known actress. She was an inventor too.

From HuffPo:

Does "Bluetooth" or "GPS" or "Wi-Fi" sound familiar? It turns out Lamarr’s work helped lay the groundwork for these widely-used technologies.

Wanting to help thwart the Nazis during World War II, Lamarr (whose first marriage had been to an arms dealer) became interested in creating a secret communications system that could be used to guide torpedoes.

"She teamed with composer George Antheil, a neighbor, to create a frequency-hopping system -- based on the 88 keys in pianos -- that would keep enemies from being able to detect the radio messages," CNN reported. "They received a patent for their idea, although the limitations of technology at the time prevented it from being implemented until after World War II."

Their system eventually formed the basis for modern wireless communications technology, utilized in cordless phones, cellular phones, satellite communications, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. In 2014, Lamarr and Antheil were even inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hedy-lamarr-google-doodle_56406302e4b0411d30718379

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PINKdogWOOD — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:00:30 GMT

I watched and read all about Ms Lamarr. She not only was beautiful but had brains too! Quite the WOMAN of her time.

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brii — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:09:41 GMT

Wow

I had no idea. She's an amazing woman.

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bonnielu — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:33:05 GMT

If you google her and find her biography you will surely know that she was an amazing person.

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Q4u — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:45:24 GMT

Women like Hedy Lamarr should be celebrated and remembered~!

Her accomplishments are incredible....

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ROMARY — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:05:43 GMT

I just took a look: The Google doodle itself is impressive, too. Thanks for the alert!

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GingerPeach — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:08:34 GMT

I've always respected Hedy Lamarr. She was quite daring for her day as well. And I seem to recall she was one of those women who was clever with her money also.

Gloria Swanson is another who wasn't simply an actress. She started a company that employed inventors and scientists. She also was a proponent of healthy eating early on, becoming a vegetarian in 1928 and encouraging others to give up sugar. One of her marriages was to William Duffy, who wrote "Sugar Blues."

I love hearing about and knowing about strong women.

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Burnsite — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:51:27 GMT

Was any woman ever more photogenic, brilliant, and undervalued as a brain? She was scary smart.

Good for Google!

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DoneTryin — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 20:21:07 GMT

Brainy & beautiful - what a woman!

The doodle's fun; thanks for posting!