Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr “I’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.” – Hedy Lamarr Introduction Hedy Lamarr, or Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, was born November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an Austrian and American film actress during the “Golden Age”, a co-inventor for spread spectrum communications, and even helped create cell phones and what we now today as wi-fi. Hedy was born to parents Emil and Gertrud Kiesler and experienced a great childhood. She grew up to be five feet seven inches with dark brown hair and green eyes. In her lifetime she stared in over 35 films and received many awards including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF) and became the first woman in history to receive the BULBIE Gnass Spirit of Achievement Award. She is still known today as one of the most interesting and intelligent women in the motion pictures industry. Early Life Hedy Lamarr was born into a well off, Jewish family. Her parents wanted to raise her as Christian. As a young child, Hedy was beautiful. Her mother called her “Snow White” because of her black hair, porcelain white skin, and her green eyes. Hedy described herself as a stubborn, willful child who always learned from her mistakes when she was a child. She attended schools in Vienna until she became fascinated by the art of films and dropped out of school to pursue her dream of acting. Discovered by an Austrian film director, Hedy gained notice all around…

Hedy Lamarr was crucial in the development of frequency hopping technology that is used in military communications, Wi-Fi, as well as many other devices which had various users occupying the same radio frequency. This article written by Peter Hong narrates the life of Hedy Lamarr, the actress and inventor, going into great detail about her contributions to technology. The author explains how Mrs. Lamarr partnered with Mr. Antheil to produce a device that would allow U.S. radio-guided torpedoes…

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…

“I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much (Hedy Lamarr)”. That coincides with Johnny Got His Gun, Joe the young boy and his father bonds through fishing every summer together by themselves but that soon changes. Conflicted Joe has a friend of his “Bill Harper coming up tomorrow to go fishing” and it’s a serious matter between him and his father. As the reader, I only know Joe’s father’s thoughts and responses as he reveals them…

Vietnam, however, lacked the home front support of the previous wars. In World War II, the government had the support of almost all Americans. Propaganda played a large role in citizen support, pushing ideas through political cartoons and urging young men to join the war through posters. The war was pushed to the American people in a positive manner to encourage the full support of the American people. Although bodies of American soldiers were shown to the people, the media was censored in…

One such mechanical engineer is Nikola Tesla, the man who actually invented the lightbulb, before another mechanical engineer, Thomas Edison, perfected it. Another is Kitaw Ejigu, and Ethiopian American engineer who invented the Global Positioning System, or GPS for short, while working for NASA. Also,there was Hedy Lamarr, who was not only a movie star in the 1930s and 1940s, but also invented a remote-controlled communication system for the government and gave us the theory that has built…