Gboard Morse Code: Giving ALS Users a Voice
Google integrated Morse code into Gboard for Android and iOS, enabling non-verbal people with cerebral palsy and ALS to communicate fast using head-switches.
All Dispatches & Investigations10 Articles
Gboard Morse Code: Giving ALS Users a Voice
Google integrated Morse code into Gboard for Android and iOS, enabling non-verbal people with cerebral palsy and ALS to communicate fast using head-switches.
Titanic: The Night Jack Phillips Sent CQD and SOS
The raw telegraph transcripts of Titanic’s CQD and SOS distress signals from April 1912, and how they rewrote international maritime safety law.
Why Hollywood Loves Secret Morse Code
Cinema’s greatest Morse code scenes: Will Byers in Stranger Things, the Parasite bunker light, Independence Day, and A Quiet Place.
Brain-Computer Interfaces Adopt Dot-Dash Binary Morse Code
Neural labs replace complex predictive grids with two-state Morse code classifiers, unlocking rapid communication for paralysis patients.
Telegraph Day: Morse’s “What Hath God Wrought”
How Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail connected Washington to Baltimore in 1844, sending the first telegraph and launching the information age.
Interstellar’s “Murph Watch” Morse Code Craze
How Christopher Nolan translated gravitational anomalies into visual Morse code using the second hand of Cooper’s watch in Interstellar.
Solar Cycle 25 Maximum: Why Ham Radio Flocked Back to CW
When solar storms degrade voice and digital modes, narrow CW Morse signals punch through the noise — fueling a worldwide revival during Solar Cycle 25.
1999: When Maritime Retired 500 kHz Morse
On February 1, 1999, the IMO ended the mandatory 500 kHz Morse distress watch, replacing shipboard telegraphy officers with satellite GMDSS.
Apollo 11’s Secret CW Dispatch from the Moon
Examining NASA’s emergency high-frequency CW communication fallback protocols utilized during the Apollo 11 recovery and quarantine phases in the Pacific.
The French Navy’s Final CW Broadcast
On January 31, 1997, the French Navy transmitted its famous and emotional farewell dispatch across international naval military frequencies.
Want Historical Dispatches Sent to Your Inbox?
Receive monthly deep-dives on telecommunications history, Morse code in aerospace and cinema, and tutorials for passing ham radio CW examinations.