Nearly 190 years ago on Jan. 6, 1838, Samuel Morse revolutionized global communication with the unveiling of his new invention, the telegraph.

This week (May 24) in 1844, Professor Samuel F.B. Morse sat in the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., surrounded by members of Congress, who had come to witness history. Morse complied, ...

Hackaday has seen dozens of Morse code keyboards over the years, but [Hudson] at NYC Resistor finally managed to give that idea the justice it deserves. He built a USB Morse code keyboard with the ...

A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse’s telegraph 178 years ago at B&O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the Baltimore ...

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 ...

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 ...