"Frequency hopping was also the precursor to Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS! Sadly, Hedy and Antheil only received formal recognition in the late ’90s and early 2000s, waaaay later. By then she had already stopped going out in public and had to receive the Electronic Foundation’s Pioneer Award over the phone.Yes I've heard the story of the real Hedy Lamar and wifi,
On January 9, 2000, Hedy Lamarr died in her sleep of heart disease. In 2014 she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame."
The Double Life of Hedy Lamarr. Queen of the Screen and Badass… | by Klara Zietlow | Medium