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One of the great technical achievements that revolutionized the idea of time and space, opening a new era in the history of communication, is telegraphy. It is based on the transmission of electrical signals through a cable over long distances, allowing people to communicate instantly. The telegraph spread very quickly and a network of wires stretched around the world.

In 1837, the American painter and physicist Samuel Morse invented the first electromagnetic device for telegraphy, patented in 1840. To send messages by wire, Morse developed in 1838 a simple code of dots and dashes, which represented the letters of the alphabet, known as "Morse code ".

Both Morse code and the telegraph machine were improved over time, with the telegraph becoming the most widespread system of communication and information transmission for more than a century, until the advent of the Internet. The telegraph system consisted of a series of stations repeaters along the transmission line route. Each station had an operator who received and transmitted messages by telegraph. The Morse machine transmitted about 25 words per minute, which were recorded in code on a paper tape. The operator in charge of transmitting the message would decode it and write it on paper using a special typewriter.

In Bessarabia, the telegraph entered in 1860: on April 8, the Bender telegraph station began its activity, and on April 24, the one in Chisinau, following the construction of the first Odesa-Chisinau-Leova telegraph line. Currently, telegraph services have been discontinued. The only ones who still use coded communication are radio amateurs.

The Morse telegraph machine shown comes from the Osinoostrovsky electrotechnical plant, Soviet Union, and dates back to 1934. The exhibit was restored by Mihail Culașco.

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"Tribute to Innovation and Sustainability"

November 18 – December 2, 2023

A future where innovation, artificial intelligence, robotics and creativity go hand in hand to ensure sustainability in everyday life. Wondering if it's possible? What is the tribute to that green future? Come and travel from the materialization of ideas in the present, from prototypes, robotics, exhibits from what we mistakenly believe to be waste, to the vision of the green future visualized with Midjourney by students of VerdePlay.

The "Tribute to Innovation and Sustainability" exhibition is organized within the Green Play project in collaboration with the National Museum of History of Moldova. The AI solutions were made following the "Ideation and creative thinking with AI" workshop delivered by the Sigmoid team.

The exhibition includes three verticals of the Verde Play project: Renewable Energy, Circular Economy and Organic Agriculture. This initiative aims to draw public attention to environmental issues and provide innovative solutions to address these issues. The exhibits in the exhibition will consist of works made from recyclable materials by the children involved in the project, in collaboration with organizations such as Clasa Viitorului, FabLab, MicroLab, ZipHouse, Recyline.

The "Verde Play" project is launched under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Research, supported by the Technologies of the Future Project, financed by USAID, Sweden and Great Britain, Orange Moldova, Kaufland Moldova, ProCredit Bank, MoldControl, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Accelerator "Dreamups" and the Center National Digital Innovations in Education "Class of the Future"

The "Tribute to Innovation and Sustainability" exhibition can be visited between November 18 and December 2, 2023, in the ground floor, the National Museum of History of Moldova, str. 31 August 1989, 121A.