Who is fascinating to you and why?
DaVinci always fascinated me. He imagined helicopters and submarines way back when.
He also said one of my favorite quotes: "Wisdom is the daughter of experience."
Hedy Lamarr
(Famous as an actress in the 1930's for the younger ones.)
I recall reading that she invested in spread spectrum technology, but recently discovered that she was actually a co-inventor of this world changing technology. Apparently she had an "invention room" in her home and it was stacked with engineering books and a drafting table, etc.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162...entor-of-wifi/
Hedy Lamarr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum invention[edit]
Publicity photo, c. 1930s
Main article: Frequency-hopping spread spectrum
Avant garde composer George Antheil, a son of German immigrants and neighbor of Lamarr, had experimented with automated control of musical instruments, including his music for Ballet Mécanique, originally written for Fernand Léger's 1924 abstract film. This score involved multiple player pianos playing simultaneously.
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. Although a presentation of the technique was soon made to the U.S. Navy, it met with opposition and was not adopted.[15]
The idea 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. 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.[4] In 1998, Ottawa wireless technology developer Wi-LAN Inc. acquired a 49 percent claim to the patent from Lamarr for an undisclosed amount of stock (Eliza Schmidkunz, Inside GNSS).[16] Antheil had died in 1959.
Lamarr's and Antheil's frequency-hopping idea serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, such as Bluetooth, COFDM used in Wi-Fi network connections, and CDMA used in some cordless and wireless telephones.[17] Blackwell, Martin, and Vernam's 1920 patent Secrecy Communication System (1598673) seems to lay the communications groundwork for Kiesler and Antheil's patent, which employed the techniques in the autonomous control of torpedoes.
Lamarr wanted to join the National Inventors Council but was reportedly told by NIC member Charles F. Kettering and others that she could better help the war effort by using her celebrity status to sell War Bonds.[18][19]
He also said one of my favorite quotes: "Wisdom is the daughter of experience."
Hedy Lamarr
(Famous as an actress in the 1930's for the younger ones.)
I recall reading that she invested in spread spectrum technology, but recently discovered that she was actually a co-inventor of this world changing technology. Apparently she had an "invention room" in her home and it was stacked with engineering books and a drafting table, etc.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162...entor-of-wifi/
Hedy Lamarr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum invention[edit]
Publicity photo, c. 1930s
Main article: Frequency-hopping spread spectrum
Avant garde composer George Antheil, a son of German immigrants and neighbor of Lamarr, had experimented with automated control of musical instruments, including his music for Ballet Mécanique, originally written for Fernand Léger's 1924 abstract film. This score involved multiple player pianos playing simultaneously.
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. Although a presentation of the technique was soon made to the U.S. Navy, it met with opposition and was not adopted.[15]
The idea 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. 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.[4] In 1998, Ottawa wireless technology developer Wi-LAN Inc. acquired a 49 percent claim to the patent from Lamarr for an undisclosed amount of stock (Eliza Schmidkunz, Inside GNSS).[16] Antheil had died in 1959.
Lamarr's and Antheil's frequency-hopping idea serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, such as Bluetooth, COFDM used in Wi-Fi network connections, and CDMA used in some cordless and wireless telephones.[17] Blackwell, Martin, and Vernam's 1920 patent Secrecy Communication System (1598673) seems to lay the communications groundwork for Kiesler and Antheil's patent, which employed the techniques in the autonomous control of torpedoes.
Lamarr wanted to join the National Inventors Council but was reportedly told by NIC member Charles F. Kettering and others that she could better help the war effort by using her celebrity status to sell War Bonds.[18][19]
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"If you think you're the smartest person in the room, then you're probably in the wrong room."
Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path