Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) is known for her beauty and acting abilities, A Golden Era leading lady who starred in such films as Cecille B. DeMille’s Oscar-winning Samson and Delilah ...

Today, wireless communication is something we tend to take for granted. Most of us probably have no idea how our Bluetooth devices, cell phones, and Wi-Fi networks function. It might surprise you to ...

If you used Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet today, you owe a bit of gratitude to Hedy Lamarr. Monday's Google doodle celebrated what would have been the 101st birthday of Hedy Lamarr, the ...

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 ...

Nazis, sex, groundbreaking inventions, escape in disguise — sounds like the plot for the next Hollywood hit. Or, you know, real events from Hedy Lamarr’s life. The Jewish actress and inventor, who ...

Hedy Lamarr, glamorous siren of the silver screen, was more than 'The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'. She invented Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology that makes the world of wireless ...

Hedy Lamarr was ridiculously lovely. Both Catwoman and Snow White were based on her look. As a teenager, Lamarr was cast in the controversial Czechoslovakian film Ecstasy, where she ran naked through ...