George Antheil's Torpedo Patent (Frequency Hopping Invention) Its about time, was Miss lamarrs only comment. The New York Times obituary for Hedy lamarr, by Richard Severo, Jan 20, 2000. back to top of page http://www.paristransatlantic.com/antheil/mainpage/patent.html
Extractions: NPR interview with physicist Tony Rothman The New York Times : obituary for Hedy Lamarr, by Richard Severo, Jan 20, 2000. Nonetheless, as physicist Tony Rothman points out ( listen to the NPR interview ), Antheil's idea was not practical, and real scientists worked on the problem more successfully in the years that followed.