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[post_page_title]Hedy Lamarr was an inventor[/post_page_title]

Even though she is best known for her beauty and for being a Hollywood star in the 1930s and ‘40s, Hedy Lamarr was also an inventor. She was a brilliant woman who came up with the idea for frequency-hopping technology that was the precursor to the invention of wi-fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

Hedy Lamarr was an inventor

However, Hollywood preferred to see her as just a pretty face. Despite the fact that she and co-inventor George Antheil filed for a patent, she never received recognition or money for her invention.

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