Hedy Lamarr’s Wifi invention: the actress who revolutionized wireless technology
- travelkev
- Jan 24
- 3 min read
Updated: Mar 12
A Surprising Connection Between Arts and Technology
This is a story that perfectly illustrates the surprising influence of the arts on technology. The invention of frequency-shifting broad spectrum technology has a truly special and surprising source—a source that remained unknown until relatively recently.
If you are reading this article on your mobile phone or browsing it on your computer using Wi-Fi, then you owe a debt of gratitude to an unusual source. The technology that allows wireless communication can be traced back to a 1930s Hollywood actress who was once called the “world's most beautiful woman”—the Austrian-American Hedy Lamarr.
