Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
Readers can follow the documented lineage without assuming the tenth-anniversary badge repeats any earlier platform or feature.
Evidence
Official July 13, 2026 Hackaday article placing the tenth in-person Superconference on November 6-8 in Pasadena, moving the two talk tracks to the ArtCenter South Campus for about 20 percent more capacity, scheduling the Friday badge-hacking day at Supplyframe HQ, and planning the Sunday badge-hack showcase.
Official September 12, 2026 Hackaday newsletter post teasing that the badge is going to be bigger this year while explicitly withholding every further design detail.
Official September 23, 2026 Hackaday speaker announcement confirming the November 6-8 Pasadena dates, the Art Center campus move, and badge hacking among the advertised festivities, with no badge design detail.
Official August 13, 2026 Hackaday ticket article naming the sweet hackable badge included with admission, the 150-dollar early-bird and 296-dollar regular prices plus fees, and the Saturday-Sunday venue move to ArtCenter South Campus.
Source trail
Primary official source reconfirming the November 6-8 Pasadena dates and Art Center campus move and listing badge hacking among the festivities, without badge hardware or software content.
Primary official source for the November 6-8, 2026 dates, tenth in-person edition framing, ArtCenter South Campus venue move, two 20-and-40-minute talk tracks, Friday badge-hacking day, and Sunday badge-hack showcase.
Primary official source for the bigger-badge teaser, the bigger venue with courtyard hacking space, and the two talk tracks, with the explicit statement that no further badge detail can be shared at this time.
Primary official source stating that admission includes a sweet hackable badge, alongside ticket prices, sales opening, and venue capacity context. Its author's comment reply that the badge must have an add-on is retained only as a teaser, not a specification.