Actress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hedy Lamarr">Hedy Lamarr</a> and composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Antheil" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Antheil">George Antheil</a> receive a patent for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency-hopping_spread_spectrum" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Frequency-hopping spread spectrum">Frequency-hopping spread spectrum</a> communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a>.