Category: Hedy Lamarr

December 3, 2011

Richard Rhodes' 'Hedy's Folly' draws out star's inventive streak

Filed under: Hedy Lamarr - 03 Dec 2011

With the new Richard Rhodes book about Hedy Lamarr's inventions it occurred to me that there's a very good chance I might be responsible for this being better known. What happened is that sometime around 1995 or 96 I

A new …

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1930s actress Hedy Lamarr-inventor of cellphones, Wi-Fi and GPS

Filed under: Hedy Lamarr - 03 Dec 2011

Given the success that the screen siren Hedy Lamarr achieved in that realm—revealed in Richard Rhodes's fascinating biography, Hedy's Folly—it's a pity more of them don't consider it. In 1940, while acting alongside Jimmy Stewart and Judy Garland in

Hedy Lamarr, …

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'Hedy's Folly' introduces an improbable inventor

Filed under: Hedy Lamarr - 03 Dec 2011

Blog entry about Hedy Lamarr: Actress and Inventor.

Historian Richard Rhodes wants to make sure Hedy Lamarr stays famous for more than just her looks. His new biography of the actress, out Tuesday, highlights her lesser-known scientific and intellectual side. In …

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December 1, 2011

`Hedy's Folly' bares a most improbable inventor

Filed under: Hedy Lamarr - 01 Dec 2011

This was one of the ideas expressed by Uwe Hasebrink, Professor of empirical communication sciences from the Hans-Bredow-Institut at the University of Hamburg, at the fourth Hedy Lamarr Lecture in the Festsaal of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

By DOUGLASS K. …

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November 29, 2011

'Beginners,' 'Tree of Life' tie for top Gotham Award; Hedy Lamarr praised for …

Filed under: Hedy Lamarr - 29 Nov 2011

Hedy Lamarr, who invented a device that was the precursor to many contemporary wireless technologies. Hedy Lamarr, the Hollywood actress who was known as "the most beautiful woman in the world,” also invented a device that became the precursor to …

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Hedy Lamarr: Inventor of more than the 1st theatrical-film orgasm

Filed under: Hedy Lamarr - 29 Nov 2011

[xoJane] A new book about the actress Hedy Lamarr sheds light on her second career as an inventor who contributed to technology that is now used in Bluetooth, GPS and cellphone networks. Crazy, huh? [NPR] Journalist Kate Bolick, whose Atlantic …

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