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[/h][h=2][/h]The first full day of DEF CON was packed with hacking hardware and cars. I got to learn about why your car is less secure than you might think, pick some locks, and found out that there are electronic DEF CON badges after all. Keep reading for all the detail.
[h=2]theSummit[/h]Thursday night ended with theSummit: a party fundraiser for the EFF. Beers were drank, EFF donations were made, and good times were had. The folks from Codame demoed interactive art installations, and Dual Core provided some great nerdcore entertainment.
The EFF ran a DC Dialer phone booth that encouraged attendees to call their representatives and request that they support Aaron’s Law. If you’re in the US, you should read more about Aaron’s Law and how to contact your representative. The EFF has a good overview here.
The CFAA DC Dialer let attendees make free calls to their representatives.
[h=2]Hardware Hacking Village[/h]The hardware hacking village was packed today, with many kits being sold and built. The DEF CON Darknet Project badge was one kit that made its debut here. Inspired by [Daniel Suarez]‘s book, Daemon, this project encourages conference participants to meet people and learn skills by completing quests. [Scotty] gave me an overview of the board, which uses an ATTiny85 and communicates over IR with other badges.
The Darknet Badge PCB
Pairing badges lets you keep track of people you’ve met. There are also skill quests using the badge. Two of these are for assembling the badge itself, one for the through-hole section and one for the optional surface mount section. A lock picking installation called The Rook kept track of what locks you had picked, and transferred the data to your badge. Data from the badge can be synced up with the Darknet website to receive experience points. The firmware is almost finalized, and the entire project will be released as open source hardware shortly.
The Rook is an interactive lockpicking challenge that interfaces with the Darknet Badge
[h=2]DLP 3D Printing[/h]
[PacManFan] showed me his Creation Workshop 3D printing software. This software is designed to print using UV sensitive ink and a DLP projector. The advantages of this process include high resolution printing and a fixed print time per layer. His software does slicing compatible with G-code, but adds special markers for displaying images on the DLP projector. This allows you to use currently available hardware, such as the
[/h][h=2][/h]The first full day of DEF CON was packed with hacking hardware and cars. I got to learn about why your car is less secure than you might think, pick some locks, and found out that there are electronic DEF CON badges after all. Keep reading for all the detail.[h=2]theSummit[/h]Thursday night ended with theSummit: a party fundraiser for the EFF. Beers were drank, EFF donations were made, and good times were had. The folks from Codame demoed interactive art installations, and Dual Core provided some great nerdcore entertainment.
The EFF ran a DC Dialer phone booth that encouraged attendees to call their representatives and request that they support Aaron’s Law. If you’re in the US, you should read more about Aaron’s Law and how to contact your representative. The EFF has a good overview here.
The CFAA DC Dialer let attendees make free calls to their representatives.[h=2]Hardware Hacking Village[/h]The hardware hacking village was packed today, with many kits being sold and built. The DEF CON Darknet Project badge was one kit that made its debut here. Inspired by [Daniel Suarez]‘s book, Daemon, this project encourages conference participants to meet people and learn skills by completing quests. [Scotty] gave me an overview of the board, which uses an ATTiny85 and communicates over IR with other badges.
The Darknet Badge PCBPairing badges lets you keep track of people you’ve met. There are also skill quests using the badge. Two of these are for assembling the badge itself, one for the through-hole section and one for the optional surface mount section. A lock picking installation called The Rook kept track of what locks you had picked, and transferred the data to your badge. Data from the badge can be synced up with the Darknet website to receive experience points. The firmware is almost finalized, and the entire project will be released as open source hardware shortly.
The Rook is an interactive lockpicking challenge that interfaces with the Darknet Badge[h=2]DLP 3D Printing[/h]
[PacManFan] showed me his Creation Workshop 3D printing software. This software is designed to print using UV sensitive ink and a DLP projector. The advantages of this process include high resolution printing and a fixed print time per layer. His software does slicing compatible with G-code, but adds special markers for displaying images on the DLP projector. This allows you to use currently available hardware, such as the