Remember when a flashlight was just a flashlight? How quaint. Satechi’s new LightMate LED flashlight is a multitasking workhorse providing light and power. A built-in power bank at the tail end of the ...

A pilot in Iceland wanted to see the ongoing eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula. He took to the air – and discovered a stranded traveler using a flashlight in the "pitch dark" to signal ...

A flashlight or spotlight is not as effective as a flare, but it can be a good signaling device if you get stranded in your boat or have an emergency aboard and need help. When signaling, use the ...

SOLOMONS (AP) A British couple injured in a storm in the Chesapeake Bay that also broke the mast of their sailboat used a flashlight to send a distress signal, prompting their rescue.

Morse code transmits information through sequences of dots, dashes, and spaces, allowing messages to travel long distances without spoken language. Samuel F.B. Morse developed the original system in ...