Today, the Hedy Lamarr film created for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT’s Information Pioneers campaign, went live exclusively on Telegraph TV.

Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr created a form of spread spectrum communications, making the use of telephone communications, Wifi and GPS navigation possible today.

Hedy Lamarr is currently in the lead on the ranking of greatest pioneers with over 50% of the vote.  Take a look at her story now and see if you agree!  If so, make sure register your vote for Hedy at http://pioneers.bcs.org.  You can also share this film by copying the embed code into your own site or blog!

You can also view the Ada Lovelace film exclusively on the Financial Mail Women’s Forum - for further details click here.  The other three films will be available to view on the Information Pioneers site from tomorrow.

About BCS Pioneers

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is sharing the stories of five Information Pioneers who truly enabled the information society. Videos coming soon!

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