Country dossier
Worldwide badge coverage for Israel, grouped into seeded badges, event editions, add-ons, operational issues, resources, and evidence sources.
Seeded artifacts
A source-backed ARAMCON 2019 smart badge record for an nRF52840 conference badge with a 2.9-inch e-paper display, accelerometer, flash, MP3/WMA audio codec, Cherry MX keys, NeoPixels, SAO connector, CircuitPython support, and public KiCad hardware files.
BSidesTLV's official 2025 badge page documents The Infinity Glove, a limited pre-order electronic badge sold with BSidesTLV 2025 entry, picked up on site, and framed as a custom-designed hardware CTF with hidden puzzles and badge-holder-only stages.
A planned BSidesTLV 2026 electronic badge record from the official Hardware Village page: the June 25, 2026 conference centers its hardware CTF on an electronic badge and schedules Badge Talk plus Badge Hacking sessions.
Events
The Israeli ARAMCON 2019 event whose smart badge is documented through CircuitPython board support, public hardware files, firmware repositories, and a production writeup.
The BSidesTLV 2025 edition whose official badge page documents the limited Infinity Glove electronic badge as a custom hardware CTF with on-site pickup.
The planned June 25, 2026 BSidesTLV edition whose official Hardware Village page centers a hardware CTF on the electronic badge and lists Badge Talk plus Badge Hacking sessions.
Lifecycle
The official badge page frames the electronic badge as a custom-designed hardware CTF with hidden puzzles and special stages only badge holders can access.
The official Hardware Village page says the hardware CTF centers around the electronic badge and asks attendees to solder, probe, debug, and solve it.
BSidesTLV documents the Infinity Glove as a limited electronic badge sold by pre-order only and collected on-site at the event.
The Hardware Village page lists Badge Talk and Badge Hacking sessions as part of the 2026 badge workflow.
The badge has CircuitPython board support and an MIT-licensed firmware repository with badge-drive copy/install steps and CircUp library installation.
The ARAMCON badge combined an nRF52840 module, 2.9-inch e-paper display, accelerometer, flash, MP3/WMA audio codec, Cherry MX keys, NeoPixels, SAO connector, and KiCad PCB files.
The build story and Hackaday article call out a clothespin-based programming jig as part of the practical production workaround trail.
The production story documents planned mesh networking and audio streaming, with final event success framed around a room-scale mesh LED demo rather than complete audio broadcast behavior.
The badge was listed as a 50 NIS electronic-badge add-on with limited availability and explicit no-on-site-sales guidance.
Operational history
The record distinguishes hardware capability and project ambition from the exact final attendee experience.
The record preserves badge existence, distribution, and CTF framing while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.
The record preserves badge existence and planned CTF framing while avoiding unsupported component-level claims.
The Israeli entry now has a rights-cleared original documentation photo with source URL, license, attribution, and processing notes while avoiding generated or placeholder imagery.
The Israeli BSidesTLV entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery or using generated/placeholder art.
The Israeli 2026 record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying page media, screenshots, or generated artwork.
The record should not claim shipped hardware, final challenge behavior, attendee distribution scope, or post-event outcomes until the event happens and artifact-level sources appear.