1940's Film Goddess Hedy Lamarr Responsible For Pioneering
Spread Spectrum Have you ever heard of "Spread Spectrum"? Well,
it shouldn't surprise you that most people haven't. Afterall,
it's the technical basis that makes wireless communications work
in cellular phones, faxes, and other wireless communications
systems. It's currently utilized in "wireless" LANS, integrated
bar code scanner, palmtop computer, radio modem devices for
warehousing, digital dispatch, digital cellular telephone
communications, city/state or country networks for passing
faxes, computer data, e-mail or multimedia data. And it's use is
on the verge of potentially explosive commercial development,
especially in relation to the internet. Ironically, her real
life, one of unusual twists and turns, is truly the stuff that
movies are made of. Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, she grew up
in Vienna, Austria and married millionaire Friz Mandl, a Nazi
sympathizer who dealt arms to Hitler. During her four year
marriage to Mandl, she listened and l