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Hi everyone-
With the electronic DEFCON badge now in its fifth incarnation, we've decided to try something different. We're opening our kimono (just slightly) for DEFCON attendees, groups, villages, or contest organizers who want to integrate some piece of information or hide some piece of data in the badge to help further their cause during the con. For example, maybe your contest wants to hide a clue on the badge and then contestants have to find it in the code or press a certain button to reveal it.
If you are interested in participating, contact badge@defcon.org and provide a basic description of what you'd like to do and why. Only submissions sent via e-mail will be read (even though we're posting this on the forums and hope it leads to discussions, it's too hard to keep track of without a single submission point). While we won't be able to grant everyone's wishes, we will consider all of them (hint: simpler is better).
To give you an idea of badge capabilities - we have the Freescale MC56F8006 microcontroller (the same part used in last year's design), a user interface of some sort, a few buttons, and some LEDs. Time is of the essence and we will move quickly to make selections over the next few weeks. We'll respond to the e-mails we feel will be possible to do within our badge constraints (time, effort required, etc.) and, if necessary, will provide more badge details and capabilities to those selected at that time. All submissions are due by April 1 and we will make selections by April 5.
We thought it would be neat to try and open up the badge a bit to be a nexus for various bits and pieces of data - we have no idea how this will turn out and neither will you until DEFCON 18 is upon us.
We won't be announcing what secrets have been added to the badge until Kingpin's talk at Closing Ceremonies, but hope you'll discover many of them on your own during the weekend!
Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!
Kingpin, DT, and Black Beetle
With the electronic DEFCON badge now in its fifth incarnation, we've decided to try something different. We're opening our kimono (just slightly) for DEFCON attendees, groups, villages, or contest organizers who want to integrate some piece of information or hide some piece of data in the badge to help further their cause during the con. For example, maybe your contest wants to hide a clue on the badge and then contestants have to find it in the code or press a certain button to reveal it.
If you are interested in participating, contact badge@defcon.org and provide a basic description of what you'd like to do and why. Only submissions sent via e-mail will be read (even though we're posting this on the forums and hope it leads to discussions, it's too hard to keep track of without a single submission point). While we won't be able to grant everyone's wishes, we will consider all of them (hint: simpler is better).
To give you an idea of badge capabilities - we have the Freescale MC56F8006 microcontroller (the same part used in last year's design), a user interface of some sort, a few buttons, and some LEDs. Time is of the essence and we will move quickly to make selections over the next few weeks. We'll respond to the e-mails we feel will be possible to do within our badge constraints (time, effort required, etc.) and, if necessary, will provide more badge details and capabilities to those selected at that time. All submissions are due by April 1 and we will make selections by April 5.
We thought it would be neat to try and open up the badge a bit to be a nexus for various bits and pieces of data - we have no idea how this will turn out and neither will you until DEFCON 18 is upon us.
We won't be announcing what secrets have been added to the badge until Kingpin's talk at Closing Ceremonies, but hope you'll discover many of them on your own during the weekend!
Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!
Kingpin, DT, and Black Beetle
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