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Together, Antheil and Lamarr submitted the idea of a secret communication system in June 1941. On August 11, 1942, U.S. Patent 2,292,387 was granted to Antheil and "Hedy Kiesler Markey", Lamarr's married name at the time. This early version of frequency hopping used a piano roll to change between 88 frequencies and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or jam.

The idea was ahead of its time, and not feasible owing to the state of mechanical technology in 1942. It was not implemented in the USA until 1962, when it was used by U.S. military ships during a blockade of Cuba after the patent had expired. Neither Lamarr nor Antheil, who died in 1959, made any money from the patent. Perhaps owing to this lag in development, the patent was little-known until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Lamarr an award for this contribution.

Thanks for clearing that up. Didn't the Royal Navy use a towed array that jammed German torpedoes to keep them from homing in on the propellers of an escort? It was placed in the wake of the ship. It was nicknamed "foxer".

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“ If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude. I hope to make you use your imagination.”
---Hedy Lamarr.

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Don't have to look hard at this pic




The girl in this photo will one day become an icon

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Dorthy Lamour:

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Gene Tierney.

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Very nice addition!

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Jane Russell