Electromagnetic Wave 2013
Milton Keynes
The EMF spin-off event that used the SiNE badge for LED effects, IR-based games, locator beacons, and a scurvy-themed scavenger hunt.
Camp lineage
Events
Hacker camp and conference editions represented in the worldwide catalogue, grouped by their event series and badge history.
446 event edition(s)
Hackover 2013
Bürgerschule, Hannover
The second Hackover edition, whose ticket included an assembled and flashed badge PCB with ARM processor, 2.4 GHz radio, LCD, USB, and buttons.
CampZer0 2013
Fort Monostor, Komárom, Hungary
The zeroth H.A.C.K. outdoor camp in Hungary, born after OHM2013 and source-backed as an identity-artifact record through ticket registration, certificate checksum verification, bring-your-ticket arrival guidance, optional CAcert-assurance ID context, ticket-price infrastructure lore, and CfP email context rather than an electronic badge.
DEF CON 21
Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2013 DEF CON edition whose Ryan Clarke-designed playing-card PCB badges intentionally blurred non-electronic identity art, circuit-board construction, continuity testing, role variants, and a cryptographic badge challenge.
RVAsec 2013
Commonwealth Ballroom at VCU University Commons, Richmond, Virginia
The May 31-June 1, 2013 RVAsec edition whose official registration update and later badge-team interview document electronic HackRVA badges with LEDs, infrared interaction, audio, USB, and badge-game behavior.
WAHCKon 2013
Building 32, Edith Cowan University, Perth
The May 4-5, 2013 Perth WAHCKon edition whose official ticket page documents a WAHCKon 2013 badge included with the standard ticket.
Kiwicon 7
Wellington Opera House, Wellington
The November 9-10, 2013 Wellington Kiwicon edition whose official site documents Kiwicon 7 badge assembly, early pickup, ticket and merch workflow, and New Zealand hacker-conference context.
H2HC 2013
Sao Paulo
The 10th Hackers to Hackers Conference in Brazil, represented by an open-source LPC1343 ARM development badge documented by Great Scott Gadgets.
ZACon V
South Africa
A free South African security conference represented by Andrew MacPherson's source-backed mesh-networked badge with 433 MHz RF interaction tracking.
Electromagnetic Field 2012
Pineham Park
The first EMF badge year, introducing TiLDA as a radio-enabled Arduino-style camp badge.
DEF CON 20
Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2012 DEF CON edition whose Ryan Clarke-designed Parallax Propeller badge mixed IR badge-to-badge communication, many physical badge styles, firmware releases, VGA/PS2 expansion, and a crypto/social badge challenge.
ToorCon San Diego 14
San Diego Westin Emerald Plaza, San Diego, California
The October 19-21, 2012 ToorCon San Diego 14 edition whose public conference metadata and Great Scott Gadgets badge page document a USB-controlled sub-1 GHz RfCat badge.
RVAsec 2012
Commonwealth Ballroom at VCU University Commons, Richmond, Virginia
The June 15-16, 2012 RVAsec edition whose HackRVA repository preserves the RVAsec Badge 2012 hardware, Gerbers, documentation, graphics, and release firmware source.
Chaos Communication Camp 2011
Finowfurt Aviation Museum
The camp where r0ket introduced many attendees to the idea of a deeply hackable electronic camp badge.
TROOPERS11
Heidelberg
A German IT-security conference whose attendee badge used a nixie tube, score programmer, Cat-5 LANyard switch, capacitive touch secret, and hackable pad fields.
Nuit du Hack 2011
Disneyland Paris Conference Center
A French HackerzVoice security-conference edition with a public attendee report describing a 100% electronic badge and linked reverse-engineering tutorials by its designer.
DEF CON 19
Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The August 4-7, 2011 DEF CON edition whose Ryan Clarke / 1o57 badge deliberately moved away from electronics into a commercially pure titanium physical puzzle, interaction, and conference-participation artifact.
ToorCon San Diego 13
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California
The October 7-9, 2011 ToorCon San Diego 13 edition whose public conference metadata and Great Scott Gadgets badge page document an RF spectrum-analyzer badge tied to Project Ubertooth.
Easterhegg 2010
Munich
The Munich Easterhegg edition whose eHaserl surprise badge was documented through assembly instructions, flashing notes, alternative software, and a public badge talk.
DEF CON 18
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2010 DEF CON edition whose lithographed-aluminum badge used a low-power Kent Displays cholesteric display, USB, role variants, and a polished hackable-jewelry form factor.
Hacking at Random 2009
Vierhouten
The Dutch 2009 camp sits in the bridge period between early identity artifacts and the later Badge.Team-era electronic tradition.
DEF CON 17
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 30-August 2, 2009 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio badge used a Freescale MC56F8006 digital signal controller, MEMS microphone, RGB LED, wired badge-to-badge interface, bootloader, role-shape puzzle pieces, and a 32-entry badge-hacking contest.
Ninja Party at DEF CON 17
Artisan Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada / DEF CON 17
The 2009 Ninja Networks DEF CON party edition whose electronic invitation badge was built in a 500-unit hand-assembly sprint and later published with schematic, Gerber, BOM, and public-domain firmware archives.
DEF CON 16
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2008 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand badge combined SD-card file transfer, infrared exchange, TV-B-Gone behavior, role-color variants, and a hackable Freescale reference platform.
Chaos Communication Camp 2007
Finowfurt Aviation Museum
The camp where Sputnik/OpenBeacon active RFID tags turned attendance itself into a 2.4 GHz tracking and experimentation surface.
DEF CON 15
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2007 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio badge used an MC9S08QG8, a 95-LED matrix, capacitive sensors, optional accelerometer and RF footprints, customizable scrolling text, and another badge-hacking contest.
DEF CON 14
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2006 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand-designed PCB badge introduced active electronics, open circuitry, colored attendee-role variants, and a badge-hacking contest to DEF CON.
What The Hack 2005
Liempde
The 2005 Dutch camp whose public badge-history record treats badges as simple or absent compared with later electronic devices.
DEF CON 13
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 29-31, 2005 DEF CON edition represented here by a public-domain photographed human badge from the final pre-electronic-badge era.
DEF CON 12
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 30-August 1, 2004 DEF CON edition represented here by a source-backed unofficial forum-badge identity artifact; the main official badge remains source-limited in this pass.
Chaos Communication Camp 2003
Germany
The second Chaos Communication Camp sits between the early pass era and the later Sputnik/OpenBeacon infrastructure badge.
DEF CON 11
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The August 1-3, 2003 DEF CON edition represented here by an official-media-archive photographed pre-electronic human badge.
DEF CON 10
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The August 2-4, 2002 DEF CON tenth-anniversary edition represented here by an official-program and media-archive pre-electronic physical badge artifact.
Hackers At Large 2001
University of Twente, Enschede
A Dutch outdoor hacker camp in the post-HIP lineage, before electronic badges became a defining expectation.
DEF CON 9
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 13-15, 2001 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of a pre-electronic lanyard identity badge.
DEF CON 8
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 28-30, 2000 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of a pre-electronic lanyard identity badge.
Chaos Communication Camp 1999
Germany
The first Chaos Communication Camp belongs in the lineage as an early outdoor camp identity/pass era before public electronic badge records.
DEF CON 6
Plaza Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 31-August 2, 1998 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of pre-electronic lanyard and waist credentials.
Hacking in Progress 1997
Netherlands
A Dutch camp predecessor remembered for on-site personalized photo badge production under 1997 field conditions.
DEF CON 5
Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 11-13, 1997 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of a pre-electronic hanging identity credential.