Hedy Lamarr, who’s scientific discoveries helped invent WiFi 1938

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nightwolf81 on November 9th, 2020 at 17:39 UTC »

it’s hedley!

PradyKK on November 9th, 2020 at 18:27 UTC »

Not only was she an accomplished actor but she was also an inventor and really fucking smart. During the war she teamed up with a pianist and invented a method to prevent torpedoes from being jammed which served as the basis of wifi years later.

BrayC01 on November 9th, 2020 at 20:25 UTC »

So THAT’s why Dr. Kleiner’s headcrab pet in Half Life 2 is named that.