WiFi was accidentally invented by an actress
Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr co-invented frequency-hopping technology during WWII, a crucial innovation that underpins modern WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth, proving genius transcends profession.
Hollywood icon Hedy Lamarr, famous for her 1940s films, co-invented a groundbreaking technology during World War II: frequency-hopping spread spectrum. This innovation, developed with composer George Antheil, was designed to prevent Nazi jamming of torpedo guidance systems. They patented it in 1942, but the U.S. Navy initially overlooked its potential.
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