Tworse Telegraph Key Lets You Tweet in Morse Code

Conner Flynn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:00:11 +0000

Want to get all turn-of-last-century on your Twitter friends? The Tworse Key is Arduino-powered and while it may not be the most effective way to tweet, it does allow you to do it in old time style.

All you need to do to tweet with it is plug it into an Ethernet port and you are good to go. You also have to know morse code, of course. Either that or just type nonsense.

Martin Kaltenbrunner is responsible for this backwards technology. He enjoys “hooking up cool old things to cool new things because it’s cool.” I agree. If you want to try your hand at making one, you can find some instructions here. Maybe you can open up your own Twitter telegraph office.

[via Hack a Day via Geekosystem]

Tokyoflash Morse Code Watch: Dots and Dashes

Technabob — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:00:37 +0000

Every time watch importer TokyoFlash reveals another one of their wacky digital watches, it makes my giddy with excitement. So it is with much glee that I bring you their latest watch, which tells time in Morse Code.

The aptly named Morse Code watch features a dot-matrix LED screen that can show the time in Morse Code dots and dashes, or sound it out through a tiny built-in speaker with the press of a button. Unlike many of their other cryptic watches this one actually features a “cheat mode,” which lets you display the time using regular digits, but what fun would that be?

The Morse Code watch is available for pre-order now for ¥12,900 (appx. $111 USD) on the TokyoFlash website. I’m hoping their next watch tells time in Semaphore.

[via FreshPilot]

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Tworse Telegraph Key Lets You Tweet in Morse Code

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