Happy Birthday Sam Morse! Yes, that’s correct, today is the birthday of Samuel Morse, inventor of the electrical telegraph and corresponding Morse Code. I just want you to think about the implications of this invention. Sure, you could argue that the telephone revolutionized the world, but who even uses a telephone anymore? We’ve all reverted back to sending text messages and IMs over using voice to communicate. In retrospect, we could even say that Morse’s invention was prophetic.
The telegraph quickly shrunk the size of the world, allowing information to travel around the word at the speed of electrical conduction (it’s fast, I promise). This not only lets you send a note to mom overseas, but also allowing scientific data to be sent across the world for the first time at significant speeds, allowing scientists to collaborate with each other from separate locations on time sensitive data.
Also, as a side note, he was one radical dude (see image for proof) the first telegraph he sent in 1838 read “A patient waiter is no loser.” No truer words, Morse, no truer words.