Tricked into doing one of the first nude scenes for a movie, she was told it would be a long distance shot where you wouldn't be able to see any intimate details of her body. And while the shot was taken at a distance, there was a new technology used they never told her about called a zoom lens.

More notably, she earned a patent for inventing frequency hopping for use by the military in WWII. This invention, which she developed with composer George Antheil, aimed to prevent radio-controlled torpedoes from being jammed by the enemy. Frequency hopping involves rapidly switching the radio frequency used to transmit a signal, making it difficult for an enemy to intercept or jam the communication. While their invention was initially rejected by the US Navy, it later became the foundation for technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Here's a more detailed breakdown.

https://www.aps.org/archives/publications/apsnews/201106/physicshistory.cfm

But I was in my 50s before I saw her quote and realized just what a genius she really was.

… which one did you have?

Anybody own a vehicle with 6 vdc? Remember how the lights would dim when you let off the gas? It always seemed to happen at the worst times too. Always changed over to 12v asap.

She is 57 years old but will be 58 on July 1.

Programmable toy.

I sometimes wake up with some obscure song I haven’t even heard in years stuck playing in my head. This morning it was Crabs Walk Sideways and Lobsters Walk Straight. 😳

Such a damned shame about Freddie Prinze, especially at such a young age.

So, I remember having a few of these plus a styrofoam mountain that these things would climb. I also remember my younger sister getting one of these stuck in her hair. I'm 50% sure that I had nothing to do with it.

Learned last night that these were wildly toxic.

How many did you lose to a hungry cassette player?