Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
The compendium preserves the pre-electronic artifact without inventing LEDs, firmware, microcontrollers, or a badge challenge for 2005.
Evidence
VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 13's conservative non-electronic classification.
InfoconDB source for the July 29-31, 2005 DEF CON 13 event dates and Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas venue context.
Official DEF CON forum announcement where Dark Tangent says the program had gone to printers, badges were done, shirts and stickers were made, and final pre-conference updates were underway.
Wikimedia Commons source for Prosavage2600's public-domain original photograph of a DEF CON 13 badge.
Source trail
Official pre-event source stating that DEF CON 13 badges were done before registration and that printed schedules would be distributed at registration.
Event-context source for DEF CON 13 dates, schedule archive, and Alexis Park Resort venue metadata.
Secondary context source stating that DEF CON 14 in 2006 was the first electronic DEF CON badge, supporting the non-electronic classification of DEF CON 13.
Public-domain source image for Prosavage2600's original photograph of a DEF CON 13 badge; used for image provenance and identity-artifact evidence.