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The sources call the badge electronic, hackable, lighthouse-shaped in theme, and equipped with a pulsing beacon, but do not identify whether that beacon is an LED or another mechanism; nor do they identify controller, PCB, power, radio, connector, display, material, dimensions, schematic, BOM, Gerber, manufacturer, or production quantity.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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hardware and physical-form archive gap · official event posts · electronic lighthouse and pulsing beacon documented; specifications unreleased
The catalogue records the named artifact and interaction wording without presenting a theme or generic electronic terminology as an architecture or hardware specification.
- Badge
- BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
- Category
- hardware and physical-form archive gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official event posts
- Status
- electronic lighthouse and pulsing beacon documented; specifications unreleased
- Timeframe
- 2026 post-event source review
- Source note
- BSides Maine electronic badge clue and main attendee reveal posts.
official Security BSides event listing
Security BSides community listing for the May 30, 2026 Hannaford Hall, Portland, Maine event date and venue context.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event agenda
Official event agenda for registration badge/material pickup, conference context, and closing wording that asks whether anyone solved the badge.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Official pre-event post advertising a special-edition badge as a VIP benefit; it does not describe the variant or prove final handoff.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Official BSides Maine post stating that the badge was also a puzzle intended for exploration, collaboration, experimentation, and hacking.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Official BSides Maine post calling the upcoming artifact an electronic badge while withholding a named designer, component list, or technical specification.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
official event social post
Primary official source naming the main attendee badge a hackable lighthouse with a pulsing beacon on the day before the completed event.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge
organizer post-event recap
Lead organizer Ben Strout's public post-event recap identifies BSides Maine as completed and gives Ryan Boutot recognition for the electronic badges, without defining an individual technical role.
Badge: BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge