Hedy Lamarr: (Actress and Secret Inventor)

Hedy Lamarr was an actress in the "Golden Age" of Hollywood during the 30's and early 40's. She was debuted the title of "the most beautiful woman" in Hollywood. Although she was given this "Bombshell" outlook there was more to her than her appearance, her mind was beautiful as well she had a secret hobby of inventing that was overlooked in her time by both the Navy and the fame valuing "looks rather than intelligence" Her persistence in her early invention of "Frequency Hopping" in spectrum communications is what would led to the current inventions of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies. 

Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria in 1914. She developed the passion for "tinkering" from her father in his interests of "machinery" and the intricacy of how things worked. Her father would take her on walks and discuss the printing press or street cars. This embodied her intuition towards an inventive mindset at a young age. She managed to reassemble the gadgets in her music box at the age of five. 

Her acting career took off before being acknowledged of her brilliant mind as a scientist. In the 30's she got her two debut roles in the German films "Money on the Street" and "Ecstasy" which would be a controversial film that would eventually cripple her acting career.

Lamarr was married by the age of 19 to Fritz Mandl (an Austrian munitions dealer) He was an over-controlling figure that wasn't allowed in the presence of his workers in his machinery factory but she gained insight upon their discussions of wartime weaponry during WW2. This is what convinced her to take a ship that was carrying a famous celebrity at the time "Louis B Mayer" to America. She snuck onto the ship to save herself from her monarch of a spouse and the circumstances of war in Europe. It was a threat to her life since she was of "Jewish religion" of the time Hitler was in control of Europe and planning to disrupt the safe-havens of Great Britain.

Her acting career took off from the film "'Boom Town" obtaining a small part in the project. Her career flourished with other film "Ziegfeld Girl" "White Cargo" and "Samson and Delilah"

She teamed up with Howard Hughes (businessman and pilot) that she was able to modify the current functionality of the airplane. The wings used to be rectangular and it wasn't until she invested in a book of the fasted bird and fish that she improved the efficiency of the airplane. She also experimented with a tablet that would melt into water and turn into "cola" It wasn't much of a success. Her most known invention today initially to guide torpedoes to their target in war so it wouldn't be tracked by the German "frequency hopping" The interception of the radio waved couldn't be intercepted by a single radio wave. It was inspired by a radio with changing frequency stations. It was rejected by the Navy as a "silly invention" she should be using her looks to sell war bonds.

Her work wasn't acknowledged for her invention until 1990, towards the end of her life, she has inspired other engineers to further her findings into the technology of Wi-fi and Blue tooth, in a sense changed technology today. I do empathize with her being overlooked of her "intelligence" with her "looks" A good friend of mine accredited that brilliance and creativity does not limit based of gender but those who are willing to put the efforts and risk to make things happen. Even though things are bound to come to an end, do it anyway because all you have is your best to give.