1914
Born
Museum Exhibit
Invention and Communications • Austrian and American
1914 – 2000
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Biography
Hedy Lamarr was an actor and inventor who collaborated with composer George Antheil on a secure radio-control system during the Second World War. Their design proposed rapidly switching among radio frequencies to reduce interference and make signals harder to disrupt. The concept became an important early contribution to spread-spectrum communication technologies.
Invention and Communications
Austrian and American
Co-invented a frequency-hopping communication system
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Born
Co-invented a frequency-hopping communication system
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