Tweet WHY IS SHE BRAINY?: While her formal educational credentials are not well documented, Hedy Lamarr’s biggest claim to fame outside of acting is her joint patent with composer George Antheil for an early version of spread spectrum communication technology (U.S. patent #2,292,387) - a concept that was later incorporated into wireless telephones and internet wifi... WHICH HAS ALLOWED FOR A GREAT DEAL More..OF TALK AS OF RECENT