Hedy Lamarr: The Secret Communications System

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Hedy Lamarr was born in Vienna. She left America to get away from her husband who was selling weapons to the Nazis. Her excuse was she had an acting career. She did have an acting career I mean she was a good actor and a beautiful woman. She tried acting in many places but she got homesick and returned to Vienna. Where she continued acting and was seen by many producers. Hedy Lamar invented the Secret Communications System which changed radio frequencies at irregular intervals between transmission and reception. This made an unbreakable code for messages so enemies can’t read them. This invention was put on many naval ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was later put on many other different military applications. Most importantly she

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