The first public demonstration of the electric telegraph, which uses Morse code, was done on Jan. 11, 1838, by inventors Samuel Breese Morse and Alfred Vail. Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day takes ...

My last post described the Morse code being laid down on Mars by the Curiosity Rover’s tire treads. I got a couple of messages on the theme of “Morse code? People still use that?” Many commercial and ...

Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to learn a new language is immersion: just throw someone into a situation where they have no choice, and they’ll learn by context. Militaries use immersion ...

Many of us geeks love codes, cyphers and other types of hidden messages, and there are few more famous codes than Morse Code. Developed in the 1800s, Morse Code is simple and easy to learn, it's also ...

If the alphabet was two letters long, everyone could be a Morse code expert in half an hour. Learning the full 26 letters, plus 10 numbers will take a bit longer. The Winona Amateur Radio Club is ...

You may wonder why anyone would want to learn Morse code. You don’t need it for a ham license anymore. There are, however, at least three reasons you might want to learn it anyway. First, some people ...

Google just released a new set of tools for Morse Code, including a game that can help you learn the method. Google Gboard for Android has had a Morse Code entry method, and now the feature is here ...

Morse Code Day, observed on April 27, honors Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code, and celebrates this groundbreaking method of communication. Before modern technology, messages took weeks to ...