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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Hedy Lamarr WebsiteMit: Inventor of the Week: Hedy Lamarr Website
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mit: Inventor of the Week: Hedy Lamarr

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Use this site to learn about Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000 CE), the movie actress who "helped the Allies win World War II" through her involvement in inventing "a classified communication system."

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communication, world war ii

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communication system, electronic frontier foundation, george antheil, hedy lamar, hedy lamarr, invention, lemelson-mit, patent no. 2,292,387, pioneer awar, change radio frequencies, classified communication system, military communications system, spread-spectrum technology, submarine, immigrant americans of austrian origin

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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