Hedy Lamarr
INTRODUCTION
Who is she?
For years, Hedy Lamarr was known as "the most beautiful woman in the history of cinema." In 1933, a movie launch her to fame. With only 16 years, under the direction of Gustav Machatý.
Lamarr was also a scientist, that invent an early technique for spread spectrum communications (key to many wireless communications of our present day)
SHORT BIOGRAPHY (1913-2000)
-Actress Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on November 9, 1913, in Vienna, Austria.
-Lamarr was married six times. She adopted a son, and she had two biological children.
-In 1953, she became a U.S. citizen. In her later years, Lamarr lived a reclusive life in Orlando, Florida, where she died on January 19, 2000, at the age of 86.
THE FRECUENCY HOPPING SPREAD SPECTRUM
In 1942, Lamarr and composer George Antheil inscribed the patent for a secret communication method that sought to avoid detection of torpedoes sent by Allied troops. Although the system was not used in war, the United States Army did use it in 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis, once the patent had expired.The system, known as "the frequency hopping spread spectrum", was later adopted by civil engineering, allowing the development of wireless communication systems such as:
GPS
Is a system that allowing a person to know where is something (a person, ships, planes, cars…) with a high precision it can be of cm
SPECTRUM RADIO
Lamarr and Antheil in 1940 create a radio that not share the channels and made possible the transmission of secret signals without interferences .United Estates used it for the first time during .
WIFI
Is a thing that permit the connection between different mobile devices by wireless (inalambrico)
BLUETHOOTH
Is a transmission of voice and data between two different things through a radiofrequency
SUMMARY
A summary of the life and times of Hedy Lamarr, the famous Hollywood actress and beauty and inventor of the frequency hopping system of spread spectrum radio transmission
Hedy Lamarr was once known as the world's most beautiful woman. Yet apart from being a Hollywood icon, Hedy Lamarr had a varied and interesting life and was an accomplished scientific inventor. With a co-inventor George Antheil she invented a radio system for preventing jamming using a system known as frequency hopping. This is in widespread use today. In her film career Hedy Lamarr caused a worldwide scandal when she appeared nude on screen in a film and she went on to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1940s. In her private life it is said that she escaped from her jealous first husband by drugging a guard and in total she married six times. Yet despite all her claims to fame Hedy Lamarr died in modest surroundings in Florida in the USA having made not a penny from her scientific invention.
Lamarr also developed other creations, such as an improved version of traffic lights and a tablet that dissolved in water to create a fizzy drink. He died on January 19, 2000, in Florida, United States.As always, there are no limits to just what you wear, and of course Hedy Lamarr's life and creations have made this clear.
