you probably remember ads for “The Instructograph,” a mechanical device for learning Morse code. [Our Own Devices] has an ancient specimen of the machine and shows us how it works in the video ...

Militaries use immersion language instruction, as do diplomats and journalists, and apparently computers can now use it to teach themselves Morse code ... or two about machine learning.

“Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.” With that, in January 1997, the French coast guard transmitted its final message in Morse code. Ships in distress had radioed ...

Tuesday’s mention of “train smash” of mince with tomato sauce brought word from William Galton of Hurstville Grove that ...