The Mother of WiFi: Hedy Lamarr

By Colleen Cheslak | 2018 https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hedy-lamarr Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. As a natural beauty seen widely on the big screen in films like Samson and Delilah and White Cargo, society has long ignored her inventive … Read more