Researchers use Google Glass to teach Morse code in four hours

Researchers have developed a system that teaches Morse code within four hours thanks to Google Glass.

The system uses a series of vibrations felt near the ear, IANS reported.

With Morse code text can be transmitted using a method in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short light or sound signals. Participants wearing Google Glass are able to learn it even as they played games, by feeling the taps and hearing the corresponding letters.

They were able to gain an accuracy of  94 per cent in keying a sentence that included every letter of the alphabet and 98 per cent accurate writing codes for every letter, the researchers said.

''Does this new study mean that people will rush out to learn Morse code? Probably not,'' said lead researcher Thad Starner, professor at Georgia Institute of Technology.

''It shows that PHL (passive haptic learning) lowers the barrier to learn text-entry methods - something we need for smartwatches and any text-entry that doesn't require you to look at your device or keyboard,'' Starner said in a Georgia Tech statement.