On This Day in Telephone History August 11TH 1942 Hedy Lamarr, aka Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, was granted U.S. Patent No. 2292387 for a “Secret Communication System”, an invention she hoped would help the war effort, that was a precursor to modern wireless communication known today as Spread Spectrum Technology.

On This Day in Telephone History August 11TH 1942

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On This Day in Telephone History August 11TH 1942 Hedy Lamarr, aka Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, was granted U.S. Patent No. 2292387 for a “Secret Communication System”, an invention she hoped would help the war effort, that was a precursor to modern wireless communication known today as Spread Spectrum Technology.