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 ...

Morse code transmits information through sequences of dots, dashes, and spaces, allowing messages to travel long distances ...

A character code invented by Samuel Morse that is represented by the duration of a single tone. Written as dots, dashes and spaces, the first Morse code message was sent in 1844 over a newly ...

In the modern world of smartphones and lightning fast internet, amateur (ham) radio operators still enjoy communicating over the radio by tapping telegraph keys just like the pioneers did in the ...

We’ve featured a great many unique clocks here on Hackaday, which have utilized nearly every imaginable way of conveying the current time. But of all these marvelous timepieces, the Morse code clock ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

Larry Kahaner - Larry Kahaner is an American journalist and author who resides in Bethesda, Maryland. Steve Galchutt shows off the custom-made low-wattage transmitter he uses on his treks. Chase Brush ...

Mark Kinsler writes, "I could build a fire, tie knots, and obey the Scout Law, but I could never learn Morse code" ...

In Brief Exciting Prizes: Contestants in the “Mystery Notes” event can win a package including 5 Common Chinchilla, 5 Common fuzzies food, 1 Uncommon Lamp, and 200 $CFB each for five winners.

Alan Higbie signed up for the Army to avoid the infantry; he ended up talking to a revolution. It all started with a crystal ...