{"id":31040,"date":"2018-03-07T09:53:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31040"},"modified":"2018-03-07T10:24:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T14:24:20","slug":"morse-code-safety-shoes-are-a-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/morse-code-safety-shoes-are-a-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Morse code safety shoes are a thing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Morse-Shoes.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31041\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Morse-Shoes.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Morse-Shoes.jpeg 637w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Morse-Shoes-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Morse-Shoes-624x353.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributors, Richard Langley and Robert Gulley, who shares this news item <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/technology-43205947\/morse-code-shoes-send-toe-tapping-texts-at-mwc-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Morse code shoes send toe tapping texts at MWC 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A pair of smart shoes has been created to let industrial workers keep in touch via toe-typed coded messages.<\/p>\n<p>The footwear was inspired by Morse code, but made possible by the latest communication technologies.<\/p>\n<p>BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones meets the firm responsible at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/embed\/p05zfy49\/43205947\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/technology-43205947\/morse-code-shoes-send-toe-tapping-texts-at-mwc-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view at the BBC.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Richard Langley and Robert Gulley, who shares this news item from the BBC: Morse code shoes send toe tapping texts at MWC 2018 A pair of smart shoes has been created to let industrial workers keep in touch via toe-typed coded messages. The footwear was inspired by Morse code, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[90,88,3516],"class_list":["post-31040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-cw","tag-morse-code","tag-richard-langley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-84E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61346,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/the-bbc-world-service-covers-the-morse-code-championships-in-tunisia\/","url_meta":{"origin":31040,"position":0},"title":"The BBC World Service covers the Morse Code championships in Tunisia","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors David Korchin and Pete Polanyk, who share the following documentary from the BBC World Service: Morse code: Ready to transmit The Documentary Podcast At the world Morse Code championships in Tunisia, competitors must battle to be the fastest and most accurate at sending and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POTA-Icom-IC-705-mat-tuner-mAT-705-CW-Morse-Paddles-13.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POTA-Icom-IC-705-mat-tuner-mAT-705-CW-Morse-Paddles-13.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POTA-Icom-IC-705-mat-tuner-mAT-705-CW-Morse-Paddles-13.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/POTA-Icom-IC-705-mat-tuner-mAT-705-CW-Morse-Paddles-13.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23923,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/video-vl8a-alice-springs-parting-message-in-cw\/","url_meta":{"origin":31040,"position":1},"title":"Video: VL8A Alice Springs&#8217; parting message in CW","author":"Thomas","date":"February 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley who shares the following video of VL8A Alice Springs signing off for the final time on January 31, 2017: Operator at the Alice shortwave transmitter sends a parting message via morse code: Goodbye this is station vl8a ceasing transmission. pic.twitter.com\/l48bYKe2QI \u2014 Tom\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Radio-Dial-2-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23163,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/was-morse-code-the-smoking-gun-for-this-spy-with-no-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":31040,"position":2},"title":"Was Morse Code the smoking gun for this spy with no name?","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares this story from the BBC News via\u00a0Matthew M. 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