The Baltimore Sun

Morse code fading into history; Wireless: For a century, Samuel Morse’s dots and dashes were the communications lifeline of ships at sea.

When the S.S. Vestris foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1928 with the loss of 110 lives, it wasn’t for lack of a telegraph officer urgently tapping out Morse code. But the SOS came too late — by six ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Morse code SOS: Are dots and dashes dying?

The Morse code took communications to a new level more than 160 years ago. The telegraph was the equivalent of today's computer, and the Morse code was its language. In their day, telegraph dots and ...
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

Kinsler. I never learned morse code - even as a boy scout

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

Bees Understand Morse Code. It Could Change How We See Human Intelligence.

Since decoding the “waggle dance” in the 1940s, bees have been at the forefront of research into insect intellect. A new study shows that bees can be trained to understand the dot-dash behavior of ...
PC Magazine

Morse code

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 ...
The Baltimore Sun

Group adds a dash of freshness to Morse code

Morse code is entering the 21st century – or at least the late 20th. The 160-year-old communication system has a new character to denote the “@” symbol used in e-mail addresses. In December, the ...
EDN

Morse Code

Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment. Each ...