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The 2017 brochure told attendees to buy the parts needed to build the badge from the front desk and use the assembly workshop area, so the badge experience depended on component kits and hands-on soldering.

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parts-kit and assembly dependency · official brochure · historical

The record models the badge as a build-it-yourself hardware artifact rather than a fully passive giveaway.

Badge
44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge
Category
parts-kit and assembly dependency
Severity
note
Confidence
official brochure
Status
historical
Timeframe
44CON 2017
Source note
44CON 2017 brochure.

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44CON · retrieved 2026-05-15

44CON 2017 Brochure

Primary source for the 2017 badge being a Raw Hex HIDIOT 1.0 44CON edition, its Arduino-like build-it-yourself framing, two buttons, arbitrary USB HID payload use, documentation, assembly area, parts-kit flow, and Hackster project competition.

Badge: 44CON 2017 HIDIOT 1.0 Badge