1930's Movie Actress Patented Spread Spectrum

erco

Screen bombshell Hedy Lamarr co-invented – with composer George Antheil – an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary to wireless communication from the pre-computer age to the present day. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

A movie-makin' hottie with legs, looks, and "the intention to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or jam". Find me one of those man-killers in Hollywood today!

ElectricAye

Not exactly a man-killer, but I think Jerry Lewis is credited with inventing the video assist, which I heard made him a lot of money.

http://www.vaidigital.com/resource/jerrys_crazy_tool.pdf




There is also Natalie Portman, whom I think has an Erdős–Bacon number.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman

mindrobots

What a girl!!

Not to be confused with Hedley (" It's not *Hedy*, it's *Hedley*. Hedley Lamarr. ") Lamarr!