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Hedy Lamarr: From Austrian Actress to Adroit Inventor

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Hi! I’m Charlotte Lord, and I chose to highlight a lesser-known woman in STEM named Hedy Lamarr. You may know her as a pre-World War II actress, but she actually invented the technological basis for all Wifi, Bluetooth, and GPS systems that we know today. In this episode, I recount aspects of her life and the methods behind signal hopping, her invention. 

Credits: 

1. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hedy-lamarr
2. https://www.businessinsider.com/hedy-lamarr-george-antheil-frequency-hopping-2014-7
3. gale resource
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
5. Documentary – Hedy Lamarr (Extraordinary Women 2011)

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