Museum Exhibit

Hedy Lamarr

1914 – 2000

Major Discovery

Co-invented a frequency-hopping communication system

Hedy Lamarr

Biography

Her Story

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.

Field

Invention and Communications

Nationality

Austrian and American

Discovery

Co-invented a frequency-hopping communication system

Nobel

Life Timeline

Important Moments

1914

Born

Career

Co-invented a frequency-hopping communication system

2000

Legacy continues.