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Forbes.com

Tuesday, Aug 4th, 2009

Electronic enthusiasts demonstrate what’s possible with evolving semiconductor technology. [ continue ]

San Francisco Examiner

Tuesday, Aug 4th, 2009

The system of paying for parking in San Francisco with prepaid cards should be scrapped in order to keep them safe from tech-savvy hackers, said one man who helped expose how technology can provide rides at meters in The City. [ continue ]

MAKE: Blog

Monday, Aug 3rd, 2009

Every year, Joe Grand, aka Kingpin, aka The Sultan of Solder, and hardware hacker extraordinaire, designs the badges for DEFCON the annual hacker convention in Vegas. The badges are more than just conference ID badges, they have electronics on-board that do something, and conferees have to figure out what that something is. [ continue ]

Network World

Monday, Aug 3rd, 2009

Hackers modify the DEFCON 2009 badge to act as a lie detector, confuse facial recognition systems, and get around motion detection systems. [ continue ]

Boing Boing

Monday, Aug 3rd, 2009

A group of tinkerers and security researchers announced findings that prove it is possible to bypass the controls of “e-meter” parking meters — which means it’s possible to park for free where such meters are in use. [ continue ]

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Hackaday

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Hamish & Andy

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Business Insider

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