Although better known as a Hollywood actress, Hedy Lamarr co-invented a frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology during World War II that would eventually become a basis for modern Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communication technologies. Lamarr's invention was initially designed to prevent the jamming of Allied radio signals but has since been recognized as a precursor to secure wireless communications technologies.
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