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The inventor of Wifi is a movie star

2 pointsby liquimoonabout 10 years ago

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pedalpeteabout 10 years ago
This is a bit troubling, my boss is one of the inventors of WiFi.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;rlz=1C1LENN_enCA452CA452&amp;ion=1&amp;espv=2&amp;ie=UTF-8#safe=off&amp;q=who%20invented%20wifi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;rlz=1C1...</a><p>Hedy&#x27;s name isn&#x27;t in the list. Though inventing frequency hopping is an impressive accomplishment and very useful, there were many previous technologies that needed to be in place for WiFi to exist.<p>Am I the only one who feels this is a dishonest representation of Hedy Lamarr, and takes away from those who actually invented the technology that billions of people use every day?<p>The only paragraph which mentions her invention is &quot;It was Hedy&#x27;s idea for a secret communications system - specifically one that could guide a torpedo using a technology called &quot;frequency hopping&quot; - so that signal couldn&#x27;t be intercepted.&quot;