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NerdFlare's repository description uses iFixit DEFCON 2026 SAO wording, and its README calls the PCB art badge a collaboration among iFixit, Cal Poly NerdFlare, and znjp. DEF CON's official calendar establishes the August 6-9 Las Vegas event but does not name this project. The source set does not include a DEF CON organizer page or an iFixit-published page naming this particular artifact, nor does it publish event authorization, venue role, sale, giveaway, recipient, or credential detail.
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source-declared collaboration, event association, and credential boundary · maker repository, commit-pinned README, and official event calendar · maker-labelled DEF CON project; organizer and external collaboration confirmation unrecovered
The catalogue retains the named maker project and its source-declared collaboration without promoting it into a DEF CON-issued Human badge, a ticket benefit, an admission item, a confirmed sponsor deliverable, an externally verified iFixit product announcement, or a completed attendee handoff.
- Badge
- iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- source-declared collaboration, event association, and credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- maker repository, commit-pinned README, and official event calendar
- Status
- maker-labelled DEF CON project; organizer and external collaboration confirmation unrecovered
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source pass
- Source note
- NerdFlare/iFixit-SAO-2026 repository and commit-pinned README; iFixit SAO Version 0.1 final-design commit; DEF CON official calendar.
Evidence
Related Resources
dated maker production claim
Zachary Peterson's July 18, 2026 commit message reads Version 0.1 - FINAL: art, code, and PCB. 1000 made for DEFCON34. It is a direct project-publisher claim about a run, not an independent manufacturing audit, recipient ledger, pickup confirmation, or completed event handoff.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
immutable maker technical documentation
The pinned README calls the project a 2026 iFixit Shitty Add On, documents its high-level LED, soldering-challenge, ATtiny1604, PlatformIO/Arduino, and KiCad surface, and names the source-declared collaboration. It is technical project documentation, not a final production, allocation, or operating-instruction guarantee.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
official event calendar
DEF CON's official forum calendar places DEF CON 34 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on August 6-9, 2026. It supplies calendar context only and does not name NerdFlare's iFixit SAO, authorize it, confirm a booth or distribution, or make it an admission credential.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
public maker source repository
NerdFlare's public repository description reads iFixit DEFCON 2026 SAO. Its root exposes art, code, images, and PCB directories, but GitHub reports no detected repository license. This establishes a publicly visible maker project, not an official DEF CON, iFixit corporate, vendor, credential, distribution, or image-reuse record.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official DEF CON forum calendar establishing the August 6-9, 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center event context. It does not name this independent project, a maker, an iFixit relationship, distribution, credential use, or image rights.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
NerdFlare / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Commit-pinned primary README for the maker's title, high-level physical badge, LED and soldering-challenge behavior, ATtiny1604-SS, PlatformIO/Arduino, KiCad, and source-declared collaboration claims. It does not establish final production parity, safety, recipient delivery, or a release/license grant.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
NerdFlare / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public maker repository whose description labels the project iFixit DEFCON 2026 SAO. The visible tree supports an art/code/PCB source-trail claim; it does not independently establish a final physical unit, formal iFixit corporate authorization, DEF CON authorization, license, allocation, handoff, or image reuse permission.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)
Zachary Peterson / NerdFlare / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary dated commit whose message says art, code, and PCB are final and that 1,000 were made for DEFCON34. The claim is preserved as a first-party project-history statement, not an independent fabrication or fulfillment record.
Badge: iFixit SAO (DEF CON 34)