Hedy Lamarr lived the glamorous life of a Golden Age Hollywood actress, starring alongside legends like Clark Gable and Judy Garland in over 18 films during the 1940s. But the Austrian star — widely ...

The cell phone. GPS. Wi-Fi. Bluetooth. These devices have revolutionized communications worldwide because they are (mostly) easy to use, (sometimes) affordable, and (usually) save time. No wonder they ...

Hedy Lamarr, the mother of wi-fi, dissed by film industry Review It was only towards the end of her life that film star Hedy Lamarr was acknowledged as being the co-inventor of technology that ...

A film about the world's most beautiful woman, a Hollywood goddess and her forgotten breakthrough invention that revolutionized mobile phones. A film about a mother, an emancipated woman and a failed ...

KAREN GRIGSBY BATES: Here's something you might not have known about World War II. One of the most popular Hollywood actresses of the era was also developing weapons systems for the U.S. Navy. Today ...

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