Going Wireless: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the Standards That Won

The invisible protocols, and their strange authors: Hedy Lamarr — Hollywood star who patented the frequency-hopping that underlies Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; Tom Scott on Harald Bluetooth, the Viking king whose name your headphones carry; ColdFusion on the Australian lab that made Wi-Fi possible; the full family history of 802.11 generations, and the Wi-Fi vs Bluetooth standards story told by the animators who explain it best.

Playlist by @open_protocols_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. ᚼᛒ: Harald Bluetooth and Your Phone — Tom Scott
2. Bluetooth vs WiFi - What's the difference? — PowerCert Animated Videos
3. Every Wi-Fi Generation Explained in 8 Minutes — Byte Sized Explainer
4. Bluetooth: Where Does The Name Come From - The Story of "Bluetooth" Harald I of Denmark — The Infographics Show
5. The Strange Origins of Wi-Fi – An Australian Invention? — ColdFusion
6. WIFI (wireless) Standards and Generations Explained — PowerCert Animated Videos
7. What Wi-Fi Really Is (and Isn’t): The Birth of Wireless Freedom — History of Simple Things
8. Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood Icon Who Invented Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Tech | STEM Loft — Mission Unstoppable
9. How Hedy Lamarr Developed a Secret Communications System — American Masters PBS
10. The Hollywood Actress Who Invented WiFi | History Honors 250 — HISTORY