If you are a ham radio operator of a certain age, you probably remember ads for “The Instructograph,” a mechanical device for learning Morse code. [Our Own Devices] has an ancient specimen of the ...
Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to learn a new language is immersion: just throw someone into a situation where they have no choice, and they’ll learn by context. Militaries use immersion ...
It seems the message being beamed out from the top of Pittsburgh's Grant Building isn't quite right. As All Things Considered's Robert Siegel reports, the Morse code message that's supposed to spell ...