HackRVA
RVAsec credited HackRVA for the 2013 electronic badge work.
SourceRVAsec 2013 · United States · 2013
RVAsec 2013 Badge
HackRVA electronic badge with LEDs, IR, audio, and USB
The RVAsec 2013 badge was a HackRVA-built electronic conference badge documented by official RVAsec and HackRVA sources, with LEDs, infrared badge-to-badge play, a piezo speaker, USB support, and badge-game behavior tied to conference interaction.
EventRVAsec 2013
SeriesRVAsec
LocationCommonwealth Ballroom at VCU University Commons, Richmond, Virginia
CountryUnited States
People
Authors & Credits
Morgan Stuart
The later RVAsec interview identifies Morgan Stuart as the HackRVA voice explaining the badge lineage.
SourceRVAsec
RVAsec provided the conference context for the 2013 badge.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It gives the Richmond RVAsec lineage an earlier source-backed electronic badge record before the later public firmware releases and preserves HackRVA's role in bringing hands-on badge hacking into the local security conference.
Hardware
The badge featured eight LEDs, IR communication, a piezo element, USB behavior, a 3D-printed button, and tap/turn/shake interaction, per public sources. Later HackRVA context also notes that some 2013 badges shipped without the accelerometer.
Software & Apps
The badge's firmware supported badge-to-badge game mechanics, health and zombie status, audio from USB, and infrared play, per HackRVA's later interview; RVAsec's 2013 update had also promoted the badge as interactive hardware.
Lore
The conference teased the badges as one of the year's surprises, and HackRVA later treated the 2013 badge as part of a first-years learning curve that pushed the team toward more reliable badge hardware.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
badge interaction
source-backed
Infrared badge play
Official sources document IR communication and badge-to-badge game behavior in the 2013 badge lineage.
Source
software feature
source-backed
USB audio behavior
HackRVA's later interview describes audio from USB through the badge speaker path.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
missing rights-cleared image
note
The official pages include badge imagery or context, but this pass did not recover a specific 2013 badge image with reusable license or explicit permission, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.
The record remains image-free rather than copying page media or generating an approximation.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- RVAsec and HackRVA source audit.
retrospective hardware caveat
note
The 2014 preview discusses the 2013 badge retrospectively and notes that some 2013 badges lacked accelerometer hardware, so this record keeps input and game claims conservative.
The badge is modeled as a proven electronic badge while exact final per-attendee hardware capability remains caveated.
- Confidence
- official badge-team interview
- Status
- documented
- Timeframe
- RVAsec 2013
- Source note
- RVAs3c badge preview retrospective comments.
Resources
RVAs3c badge preview retrospective context
official badge-team interview · Official RVAsec interview preserving retrospective details about the prior year's badge, including badge-game behavior, audio, USB, and 2013 hardware limitations.
RVAsec 2013 registration update
official event update · Official RVAsec update documenting the 2013 conference venue/date context and teasing HackRVA electronic badges with LEDs, IR, piezo, and 3D-printed button details.