The PBS NewsHour YouTube video, "The brilliant mind of Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr," explores the dual identity of Hedy Lamarr as both a renowned actress and an unacknowledged inventor. The segment features an interview with Alexandra Dean, director of "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story," who highlights Lamarr's secret passion for inventing. Lamarr's groundbreaking work included a frequency-hopping communication system, initially intended for Allied torpedoes during WWII, which is now the foundation of modern technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Despite her significant contributions, Lamarr's invention was uncredited and her patent confiscated, leaving her without compensation and her ingenuity largely unknown until much later in life, as revealed through newly discovered audio recordings.
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