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The tale of Red Star is one of tracking, control and containment. It’s hard to be a user of technology and have to pick a side of the fence to sit on. Apple over Android. Windows over Linux. Freeware over Payware. However, one operating system quietly stands out not only for its unique features but also for the intriguing geopolitical context in which it was developed. Enter Red Star Linux, an operating system born in the heart of North Korea, designed to provide its citizens with a distinct digital experience. While most operating systems are products of international collaboration and technological evolution, Red Star Linux offers a glimpse into the controlled and isolated digital environment of North Korea. Developed under the guidance of the country’s government, this operating system presents a blend of functionality, ideology, and technological autonomy that sets it apart from its mainstream counterparts. In this article, we embark on a journey to uncover the intrigui...

Replacing copper with fiber optic cable supercharged our capabilities. In our last What the Tech?! on satellite linking, while we felt we covered the brief on linking, there was some interesting statistics in regards to just how big a leap forward this was for international communications. We wanted to explore that some more as we felt it made for an interesting tale. So in today’s piece we’ll be looking at another great leap forward for communication by looking at Fiber Optic Cables. Fiber, was a much better transmission line, capable of carrying large quantities of data at speeds far superior to the copper cables of old. Explaining where Fiber fits into this journey helps understand the leap ahead these newer technologies provided. Today the world is a spaghetti of interconnected submarine cables. Source: Wikipedia The Beginning: The idea of transmission lines came far ahead of the development of fiber cables, with the first submarine cables laid in the 1850’s. These line...

The development of Transponder carrying Satellites changed the way we consumed media. While we’ve all heard of the Space Race, which included the Mercury and Apollo projects the importance of the space race for Humanity is often quite misunderstood. The successful carrying of man into space required new materials, mathematics, design and communication methods to go with the all new Saturn V rocket which was scheduled to carry man to the moon. One of the most powerful man made objects, the Saturn V was an engineering marvel in it’s own right, but today we’ll be looking at where the space race began, with man made satellites orbiting the earth. While few readers are older enough to recall the Space Race, it’s pretty commonly known that it eventuated in what was known as the Sputnik crisis, as the USSR’s Sputnik became the first man made satellite to successfully orbit the earth. This leap forward marked one of the great successes of the space race and proved the viability of receiv...