Hedy Lamarr on Science Channel

[Andre Kesteloot]

Comments on /"but is too beautiful to be taken seriously."
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Heidi Lamarr was beautiful indeed, and she /was/ taken seriously.
Her invention (Heidi was then considered an "enemy Alien") was not made 
public during WW II, and was kept under wraps for many years after.

73
André

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On 8/9/2012 23:51 PM, Mike O'Dell wrote:
> there was a book published recently about it.....
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Hedys-Folly-Breakthrough-Inventions-Beautiful/dp/0307742954/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344570492&sr=8-1&keywords=hedy%27s+folly
>
>
> On 8/9/12 4:07 PM, Paul L Rinaldo wrote:
>> Gang,
>>
>> Hedy Lamarr is to be featured on the Science Channel Saturday Aug 11, 
>> 10:00 pm in the program /Dark Matters/: billed as *"*An actress 
>> forsees cell-phones & wi-fi but is too beautiful to be taken seriously."
>>
>> Lamarr is considered the co-inventor of spread spectrum. The Hedy 
>> Award was given to several of AMRAD members who participated in early 
>> development of amateur radio spread spectrum.
>>
>> Paul, W4RI
>>
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