drzy » invention http://www.drzy.com incriminating evidence Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wiki Article of the Day – Hedy Lamarr http://www.drzy.com/2008/04/10/wiki-article-of-the-day-hedy-lamarr/ http://www.drzy.com/2008/04/10/wiki-article-of-the-day-hedy-lamarr/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:32:52 +0000 rosicrux http://www.drzy.com/?p=743

Wiki Articles of the Day. My attempt at making the wikipedia chain addictions into something (anti-)productive for you, the reader! (Henceforth tagged as WAOTD.)

Hedy Lamarr – Talk about a Renaissance woman. Not only a gorgeous and celebrated actress, but also an award winning scientist.

Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress. Though known primarily for her great beauty and her successful film career, she also co-invented an early form of spread spectrum encoding, a key to modern wireless communication.

I may slot these into the extrinsic posts instead.

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