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Hedy Lamarr (/ ˈ h ɛ d i /; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 [a] – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress and inventor. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial erotic romantic drama Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, Friedrich Mandl, and secretly moved to Paris.
As radar was being developed, astronomers considered its application in making observations of the Moon and other near-by extraterrestrial objects. In 1944, Zoltán Lajos Bay had this as a major objective as he developed a radar in Hungary. His radar telescope was taken away by the conquering Soviet army and had to be rebuilt, thus delaying the ...
An early radar detector Car radar detector (Japanese) A radar detector is an electronic device used by motorists to detect if their speed is being monitored by police or law enforcement using a radar gun. Most radar detectors are used so the driver can reduce the car's speed before being ticketed for speeding.
R8 Radar/Laser Detector. The R8 is Uniden's top-of-the-line offering. It can identify threats coming from all four directions thanks to its dual antenna, and you get notified via voice alerts.
Edward George "Taffy" Bowen, CBE, FRS (14 January 1911 – 12 August 1991), [1] was a Welsh physicist who made a major contribution to the development of radar.He was also an early radio astronomer, playing a key role in the establishment of radioastronomy in Australia and the United States.
After the Battle of Britain, RAF Bomber Command began night attacks against German cities. Although Bomber Command had reported good results from the raids, the Butt Report showed only one bomb in twenty landed within 5 miles (8.0 km) of the target, half the bombs fell on open country, and in some cases, the bombing was seen to fall as far as 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the target.
Hamstrung by a small budget, challenging technical problems and even a spy, Watson-Watt also has to deal with his own marital problems. By 1939, Watson-Watt and his team have developed the world's first radar system and deployed it along England's southeast coast. In 1940, this system will prove critical in winning the Battle of Britain.
Connecticut: Louis' Lunch. New Haven. The holy grail of burger joints, not just hole-in-the-wall ones, is Louis' Lunch.The hamburger sandwich is thought by many to have been invented here, way ...