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Hedy Lamarr
- ceejayoz 13y agoThe pet headcrab in Half Life 2 was named after her. http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Lamarr http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Lamarr
- ppierald 13y agoIt's not Hedy. It's Hedley!
- eliteraspberrie 13y agoThe US Navy refused to buy her technology saying it was "too bulky," only to start developing it themselves soon after the patent had expired. That may have been a pretext to avoid buying the technology, but in any case today her invention would be weightless -- implemented in software with SDR. By the way, the movie she's best known for is boring in my opinion (especially if you don't speak German). Boom Town and Copper Canyon were more entertaining.
- chris_wot 13y agoCorel put her on their box... Now I know who it is!