Inventor of the Cell Phone

midlife · Feb 7, 2014

Hedy Lamarr, right? Well, she invented frequency hopping, which is used for spread spectrum communications, which led to the use of wireless communications for cell phones. I don't believe she was responsible for directly inventing cell phones, though.

She was of Hungarian descent and left before Hitler took over; she was also a very famous movie actress here in the US.

Jeff73Mach1 · Feb 7, 2014

yep, made famous in Blazing Saddles by Harvey Corman

CZ-75 · Feb 7, 2014

My 2 favorite Blazing Saddles quotes:

Somebody better go get a shitload of dimes

Where all the white women at?

goodnigh · Feb 7, 2014

Hedy Lamarr, right? Well, she invented frequency hopping, which is used for spread spectrum communications, which led to the use of wireless communications for cell phones. I don't believe she was responsible for directly inventing cell phones, though.

She was of Hungarian descent and left before Hitler took over; she was also a very famous movie actress here in the US.

Well Done!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001443/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

mike