I’m guessing this was pretty widely reported, but an NBC undercover reporter fled after being outed in the opening session. NBC Dateline associate producer Michelle Madigan refused press credentials on four separate occasions, choosing instead to pose as a normal attendee in order to covertly film other attendees. Defcon has a long running tradition of playing”spot the fed”, where attendees … Read the rest
Defcon 15: Robot challenge
August 3, 2007 By 2 Comments
Hack-A-Day reader [Colin] brought this machine to the robot challenge. He’s by himself, but managed to get this thing through airport security and it fit inside a single suitcase. He used a serial controlled eight channel servo controller, a usb-serial adapter and a hub to bring the wires together. Power is supplied by a pc supply and the system controlled … Read the rest
Defcon 15: Beer cooling
August 3, 2007 By 6 Comments
When I checked it out, only two teams had appeared for the cooling contest. The method of choice? Rubbing alcohol and dry ice. The dry ice cools the alcohol, but doesn’t freeze it. [Team Hebrew] was my favorite – they used a vinyl hose to carry the beer into the cooling liquid. They managed a 45 second run at one … Read the rest
Hack-A-Day Meetup (T-Shirts!) on Sunday
August 3, 2007 By 8 Comments
Yes. Free T-shirts. Free stickers. At Defcon 15. (No virtual begging.) We’ll have skybox 206 on sunday, but we’re only planning to be set up around noon for an hour or so. Come get em.
The swag is free, but we’d like it if you’d toss us a buck or two to donate to the EFF.… Read the rest
Mod chip crackdown in the US.
August 3, 2007 By 36 Comments
I got quite a few emails about this, but didn’t have a chance to check it out until now. It seems that the feds have been raiding various mod shops and individuals who’ve been doing mods for others. I’m a fan of open, moddable and repairable hardware, so this is sad news to me. There’s a first hand account from … Read the rest
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