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DEFCON 16 kicked off once again with a keynote by Joe Grand, aka Kingpin, maker of the Defcon badges for the last 3 years. This time, it was no different, a PCB with a bunch of goodies, and a call to hack.
[ continue ]YouTube.com
At Defcon 2008, Joe Grand overviews his hackable badge that features the Freescale Flexis MC9S08JM60.
[ continue ]TG Daily
When it comes to convention badges, Defcon certainly takes first place. This year’s badge is practically studded with blinking LED lights, batteries and even an SD card reader. As always, attendees are encouraged to hack the badge and the best contraption will win prizes.
[ continue ]Boing Boing
Over the last two years, Defcon — the world’s largest hacker conference — has handed out hackable convention badges, which attendees are encouraged to hack as quickly and uniquely as possible.
[ continue ]Wired.com
Later this week Defcon, the world’s largest hacker convention, will kick off in Las Vegas. One of the more popular gadgets from the previous two Defcons were the hackable convention badges. This year, we convinced Defcon’s founder Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, and badge-designer Joe “Kingpin” Grand, to give Wired.com an exclusive sneak preview of the Defcon 16 badge.
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