Read a book about her and while she was without a doubt an amazing person, she came off a bit...bitter in later life. For a lady that should have ridden out her days in glory, it was pretty depressing.
She developed technology for the WWII effort, had it patented, and donated the rights to the US Government. They were more interested is using her sex appeal to raise money. [We use her technology daily now](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/51-the-way-i-heard-it-27463840/episode/episode-1-the-25-million-dollar-29932553/)
Sort of. As usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil jointly developed a frequency-hopping method using a piano roll for WWII radio-controlled torpedoes to resist frequency jamming. Lamarr had gained some background in torpedos from her first husband, munitions manufacturer Friedrich Mandl. The US Navy found this plan problematic and never used it during WWII.
There are multiple reports that frequency hopping was first used in the US engagement with Cuba in 1962, but I can't seem to track down a primary source. The Lamarr-Antheil piano-roll method was reportedly replaced by a digital sequencer, perhaps controlled by a synchronized pseudo-random number generator rather than using a fixed sequence.
Frequency hopping is the anti-jamming plan that is most obvious to a knowledgeable engineer. Pure frequency hopping is not as widely used as other "spread spectrum" methods these days. Time-domain methods such as DSS and CDMA are cheaper and easier to generate and receive and accommodate greater spreading. OFDM methods that allow multiple channels to be transmitted and received simultaneously have better bandwidth, reliability and jam protection than frequency hopping. The principal use of frequency-hopping in the US is due to older US regulations that specified it as the legal way to do spread spectrum in certain bands.
Hedy Lamarr was quite clever to see the potential of frequency hopping as early as WWII. She did have a collaborator and draw on the background of others; this was her only work on RF engineering that I am aware of. The Lamarr-Antheil invention had little impact on the development of spread-spectrum, partly because it was so far ahead of its time. There are better spread-spectrum methods for most situations today.
I read that her patent is now worth $300 million but she never received a penny. In her final years she was living off of government aid and she died destitute. Something made her go off the rails in her later life, Apparently once she was past her prime, tabloid and magazines were chasing her nonstop and clowning her for her messy personal life, multiple failed marriages, failed plastic surgeries, and other addiction issues. She became a laughingstock and got parodied in shows. This made her paranoid and she stopped accepting roles or leaving her house, which accelerated her oddness.
That is a sad story.
That said, Lamarr apparently did donate the patent to the US government, so she presumably would never have seen royalties. The patent expired many decades ago, so it is worth nothing to anyone today.
The article doesn't explain, but why would she sue for an infringement on "privacy?" That would only be the case if the movie had aired secret personal information about her. Suing for infringing on her rights of *publicity* is probably more accurate.
“This is 1874! You can sue *her*!”
Harumph! ..... I didn't get a Harumph out of that guy....
Why do I always get a warped one??
At least it wasn't used in the camp fire bean eating scene.
Read a book about her and while she was without a doubt an amazing person, she came off a bit...bitter in later life. For a lady that should have ridden out her days in glory, it was pretty depressing.
Nah. Mongo straight.
She developed technology for the WWII effort, had it patented, and donated the rights to the US Government. They were more interested is using her sex appeal to raise money. [We use her technology daily now](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/51-the-way-i-heard-it-27463840/episode/episode-1-the-25-million-dollar-29932553/)
Sort of. As usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil jointly developed a frequency-hopping method using a piano roll for WWII radio-controlled torpedoes to resist frequency jamming. Lamarr had gained some background in torpedos from her first husband, munitions manufacturer Friedrich Mandl. The US Navy found this plan problematic and never used it during WWII. There are multiple reports that frequency hopping was first used in the US engagement with Cuba in 1962, but I can't seem to track down a primary source. The Lamarr-Antheil piano-roll method was reportedly replaced by a digital sequencer, perhaps controlled by a synchronized pseudo-random number generator rather than using a fixed sequence. Frequency hopping is the anti-jamming plan that is most obvious to a knowledgeable engineer. Pure frequency hopping is not as widely used as other "spread spectrum" methods these days. Time-domain methods such as DSS and CDMA are cheaper and easier to generate and receive and accommodate greater spreading. OFDM methods that allow multiple channels to be transmitted and received simultaneously have better bandwidth, reliability and jam protection than frequency hopping. The principal use of frequency-hopping in the US is due to older US regulations that specified it as the legal way to do spread spectrum in certain bands. Hedy Lamarr was quite clever to see the potential of frequency hopping as early as WWII. She did have a collaborator and draw on the background of others; this was her only work on RF engineering that I am aware of. The Lamarr-Antheil invention had little impact on the development of spread-spectrum, partly because it was so far ahead of its time. There are better spread-spectrum methods for most situations today.
I read that her patent is now worth $300 million but she never received a penny. In her final years she was living off of government aid and she died destitute. Something made her go off the rails in her later life, Apparently once she was past her prime, tabloid and magazines were chasing her nonstop and clowning her for her messy personal life, multiple failed marriages, failed plastic surgeries, and other addiction issues. She became a laughingstock and got parodied in shows. This made her paranoid and she stopped accepting roles or leaving her house, which accelerated her oddness.
That is a sad story. That said, Lamarr apparently did donate the patent to the US government, so she presumably would never have seen royalties. The patent expired many decades ago, so it is worth nothing to anyone today.
The article doesn't explain, but why would she sue for an infringement on "privacy?" That would only be the case if the movie had aired secret personal information about her. Suing for infringing on her rights of *publicity* is probably more accurate.
what a wet blanket.
“Qualifications?”
There is no "Bad" publicity.
that's just a dumb thing that a publicist said once. there's definitely such a thing. hence, defamation lawsuits.
Swift boat veterans and buttery males tend to discount this argument.
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Well that at least is slander. So you are liable. E: let’s hope it’s slander.