American inventor Samuel Morse transmitted the first long-distance telegraph from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore: “What hath God wrought?” Besides ushering in the age of instant long-distance ...

From the telegraph to the smartphone, this tech has changed the world On May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraph: "What hath God wrought?" The phrase, taken from the bible, was ...

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t ...

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Samuel Morse. He developed Morse code as a rival to Cook and Wheatstone’s telegraph. It was simple and ...

The U.S. government has regulated the telecommunications sector for decades, though it took some time to catch up after Samuel F.B. Morse first demonstrated the telegraph in 1837, then later ...

Morse code is a communication system developed by Samuel Morse, an American inventor, in the late 1830s. The code uses a combination of short and long pulses – dots and dashes, respectively ...