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Hedy Lamarr.
Hedy Lamarr was considered “the most beautiful woman in the world” during her time.
26 year old Lamarr was a leading star in Hollywood when, in September 1940, Nazi U-boats hunted down and sank a cruise ship trying to evacuate 90 British schoolchildren to Canada. 77 children drowned in the bleak north Atlantic.
Lamarr, a Jewish immigrant from Nazi-occupied Austria, who had made America her home since 1938, was outraged. She decided to do her bit to avenge the massacre.
Lamarr used her engineering skills to develop a sonar submarine locator which was later used in the Atlantic to the benefit of the Allies.
The principles of her work are now incorporated into modern Wi-Fi, CDMA and Bluetooth technology, and this work led to Lamarr being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.
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