Telegraphy

Union army telegraph operators just after the battle of Gettysburg. The Civil War is sometimes described as the first information war. Intercepted messages landed on Abraham Lincoln's desk.

The history of electronic surveillance, from Abraham Lincoln’s wiretaps to Operation Shamrock

November 7, 2013Conflict & Justice

Did you know the official electronic eavesdropping goes back to the Civil War and the days of the telegraph?

Maybe the US has been spying on friends, what else is new?

October 25, 2013Global Politics

Western Union offers singing telegrams with an electronic twist

August 15, 2013Environment

After More Than 150 Years, India to End Telegram Service

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

How Thomas Edison Illuminated Modern America

August 15, 2013

Titantic’s Morse Code Messages Brought to Life by Audio Artist

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The only surviving real-time record of the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago are the transcriptions of Morse Code messages sent to and from the ship via Marconi Wireless an audio artist has used voice synthesis software to bring those messages to life.

Tesla vs. Edison

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Tesla’s biggest innovation was introducing alternating current as the standard for modern electric power, breaking Thomas Edison’s monopoly on DC power. Author and monologist Mike Daisey performs.

Transmit This

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

A lot of us learned that Guglielmo Marconi invented radio, but Nikola Tesla transmitted electromagnetic waves before Marconi – the Supreme Court decided the case in 1943.