Hedy Lamarr was an American actress and inventor, born in 1914 and died in 2000. She was the pioneer of GPS, bluetooth, and WIFI. She was born in Austria in 1914. From an early age, Lamarr was facinated by how machines worked. She started her career as an actor at age 16. She had her first major acting role in 1932. In 1937, she traveled to London, and met a man named Howard Hughes, who was a pilot and businessman. Hughes gave Lamarr equipment to spark her brilliant mind. During this time, Lamarr designed a plane based on the fins of the fastest fish and birds she could find. In 1940, she met George Antheil. Together, they created a system of communication that involved "frequency hopping". The two patented the system, but the Navy never implemented the idea. Although the patent expired before much credit was seen or received by either inventors, several years later Lamarr would be credited with pioneering the theory behind WIFI and other wireless systems. Interestingly, Lamarr never graduated with a degree.