No, Hedy Lamarr did not ‘make’ Wi-Fi

Why she wasn’t a science genius, and how Wi-Fi really got made

Figures from Patent US2292387A “Secret Communication System,” filed by Hedy Kiesler Markey (Hedy Lamarr) and George Antheil. Image source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US2292387

The top row of the Facebook meme shows three portraits of men.

• Jack Dorsey: “I made Twitter”
• Mark Zuckerberg: “I made Facebook”
• Steve Jobs: “I made Apple”