With over 160 years of history under its belt, Morse code is by far the oldest digital signaling system known to man. Originally developed for telegraph systems, [Samuel Morse’s] code has been sent ...

Morse Code Day is April 27, 2018. Learn how the electric telegraph revolutionized how quickly messages could be received. Katya Vines, PhD You have big news that you want to share with family in ...

Opera singer Ada Jones using Morse code in 1915. Library of Congress archives. In March 2006, a college dropout named Jack Dorsey finished coding a site for Internet users to post 140-character ...

“Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.” With that, in January 1997, the French coast guard transmitted its final message in Morse code. Ships in distress had radioed out dits ...

Why does the landscape remain lit 30 to 45 minutes after the sun has set? Harriett Drake, Fayetteville, Georgia What you’re seeing then is twilight. From wherever you’re standing, shortly after sunset ...

Samsung wants to teach you about the history of electronics, as long as you can stay awake long enough to sit through the dull lessons. Through its Innovation Museum, the company is releasing five ...

[Rob Bailey] likes to build things and he likes ham radio. We are guessing he likes mints too since he’s been known to jam things into Altoids tins. He had been thinking about building a code practice ...