During the time of this film (early 1940s), Lamarr not only acted, but also developed inventions, including the frequency-hopping technology patented in 1942, the basis of modern wireless communications.

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr, 1938. George Hurrell. Gelatin silver.

Nikola Tesla, with Roger Boskovich's book, “Theoria Philosophiae Naturalis,” in front of the flat spiral coil of his high-frequency transformer at East Houston St. 46, New York. Around 1897.

Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.

Actress and Inventor, Beauty and Brains ♥️