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75 years ago today, actor-turned-inventor Hedy Lamarr (who was once celebrated as “the most beautiful woman in the world”) patented the technology without which we would have no wifi and Bluetooth.

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Happy birthday, Hedy Lamarr! Celebrate with the story of how this brilliant inventor, once dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world,” paved the way for wifi with her system for remote-controlling torpedoes.

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When you talk to a sympathetic mind about technology, gender, age and experience disappear completely.

How “the most beautiful woman in the world” – Hedy Lamarr, born 100 years ago today – invented the technology that laid the foundations for wifi.

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Happy 100th birthday, Hedy Lamarr! Once known as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” this remarkable Hollywood-star-turned-inventor created a revolutionary technology for remote-controlling torpedoes that paved the way for bluetooth and wifi.

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Actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr was once called “the most beautiful woman in the world.” She also gave us the technology that laid the groundwork for Wifi and Bluetooth.

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When you talk to a sympathetic mind about technology, gender, age and experience disappear completely.

Engineer Nino Amarena on Hedy Lamarr, the “most beautiful woman in the world”, who invented a radio system for remote-controlling torpedoes that later gave us wifi and bluetooth technology