Meet Hedy Lamarr, the Hollywood Actress Who Invented Wifi

"The most beautiful woman in the world". The phrase used to refer to Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr ended up reducing her to just her physical appearance, something that still happens to all women.

But lamarr, like thousands of women, showed that it is much more than the limitation of “a pretty face”.

And you definitely need to know more about this fantastic woman who did nothing more and nothing less than create the technology necessary for the existence of the Wi-Fi, from bluetooth and cellular.

Who was Hedy Lamarr?

Although born in Austria, the actress based in the United States has become one of the most prestigious actresses in Hollywood.

Star of the film version of the biblical classic Samson and Delilah, hedy she was also the first woman to be naked on the big screen and the first to star in a female orgasm scene in film history.

But even in the midst of the modern concept of superwoman (mother, wife and with a profession), she went further: through the tedium of social obligations and her profession, hedy simply invented the technology responsible for the existence of cell phones we know today.

lamarr invented and patented a method of transmitting radio signals, the FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum, or the variable frequency diffusion spectrum). At the time, the invention contributed to the US military's communications system and later to cell phones and Wifi. (https://store.spaceylon.com)

During his life, controversies subjugated his talent and his invention, but the documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story does not reduce this extraordinary woman to only her polemics.

Documentary

Acting by day and making technological inventions by night, she's definitely had a life worthy of a movie; and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story promises to meet that expectation.

The documentary, directed by Alexandra Dean, was released on the 24th of November of this year and shows the development of both professional and personal life of Hedy.

"Inventing was his hobby" Dean told the Vanity Fair. "It was a reflection of her. It was the way she dealt with the world's problems. And she did it in such a silent way that most people around her didn't notice."

Check out the trailer: