I think you should also list the spread spectrum technology, invented
by Hedi Lamar (yes, the actress) who turned over the patents to the US
government prior WWII to allow the technology to be used for guided
torpedoes among other potential uses. This is a rather key element to
most wireless systems today, and Ms. Lamar deserves more credit than
she has generally been given.
On Jan 23, 2004, at 9:21 AM, Ken Chang wrote:
> ... so are most of us?
> http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-main.html
>
> if we go into the details, the Americans invented most important
> technologies that they hate (and we love):
>
> (1) cellular/frequency reuse invented in 1947, Bell Labs
> (2) first analog mobile system in 1978, Bell Labs
> (-) TDMA lost to GSM though both launched in 1992
> (3) first wireless Internet service in 1996, Unwired Planet (Openwave)
> (4) CDMA invented in 1960's, commercial standard in 1991, Qualcomm
> (5) OFDM invented in 1960's, Texas Instruments
> (6) first WLAN in 1971, www.hawaii.edu, standardized in 1997, IEEE
>
> btw, this is the great phone that inspired the development of i-mode
> http://img.cmpnet.com/nc/720/graphics/f32.gif
>
>
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