Morse code is a method of encoding words that was invented in the 19th Century as a way of transmitting messages over long distances. This was before the era of telephones and way before smartphones!

Morse code, the language of the telegraph, is a system of communication that's composed of combinations of short and long tones that represent the letters of the alphabet. The tones are sometimes ...

In case you’re not a former sailor or ham radio operator, the above is not a typesetting snafu. Those are the dashes and dots (or “dits” and “dahs,” as telegraph operators often vocalize them) that ...

The first message sent by Morse code’s dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore on Friday, May 24, 1844 – 175 years ago. It signaled the first time in human ...

The first message sent by Morse code's dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore on Friday, May 24, 1844-175 years ago. It signaled the first time in human ...

Eddie King is affiliated with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) as a Senior Member. He is also a member of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), American Association of ...

(CNN) – On June 26, 1974 a pack of Juicy Fruit gum made history when it was the first item ever to be scanned via a state-of-the art technology: the barcode. Now, more than 40 years later, as many as ...