tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677405.post113203759262205138..comments2008-07-26T18:33:18.285ZD. Wheathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03846478957198693337noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677405.post-1152529376355727942006-07-10T11:02:00.000Z2006-07-10T11:02:00.000Z"My favorite is Hedy Lamar, co-inventor of a secure "frequency hopping" radio communication system for torpedo guidance."<BR/><BR/>Of course, frequency hopping is not quite so esoteric as it sounds, without her invention we would not have the kind of cordless phones and wifi networks applications we have today.<BR/><BR/>She also found time to marry six times and has numerous movie credits to her name. She died on January 19, 2000Science Writer David Bradleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06584334163347398116noreply@blogger.com