It's not exactly beating something into someone's head. More like tapping it into the side. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a system that teaches people Morse code ...
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The Morse Code

THE following mnemonical device may be of some use to young telegraph students, and others, who wish to commit the Morse alphabet to memory. There is, I believe, a device employed in the Government ...
Morse code seems to be the communication method that just won't die. The maritime industry stopped using the code years ago and radio hams are no longer required to pass a Morse test to obtain a UK ...