How Wifi Changed The World

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The woman that was misunderstood created the most brilliant invention. Hedy Lamar was a beautiful actress who was never understood. She created wifI using the idea if frequency hopping. Wifi is such a part of our lives, even bigger, the world! With Wifi, we have the internet at our fingertips, as long as we have a smartphone or laptop on hand. Wifi is used every single day of our lives. One of the main reasons is to bring friends and family closer together. For example, My sister and I sometimes fight, usually over silly things. So some ways I get us back to together is by watching her favorite TV show. My sister loves the show Teen Titans Go, I put it on demand, and we actually start to talk again! But sometimes the show gets a little boring,

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