Hedy Lamarr

Born: November 9, 1914
Death: January 19, 2000

Major Academic Events:
She did not go to college. She only attended some acting schools and a finishing school in Europe.

Contributions to Computer Science:
She came up with the general idea for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS by inventing frequency hopping. The main purpose of it was to allow torpedoes to find their target, but it was used mainly for the making of Wi-Fi. The idea was to keep changing frequencies of radio waves, making it very difficult to intercept the radio waves.

Sources
National Women's History Museum: Hedy Lamarr
The World War II-Era Actress Who Invented Wi-Fi: Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr Biography