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No reviewed public source provides firmware, binary, source repository, build/flashing path, update/recovery instructions, release/tag, sensor data interface, calibration/configuration, app, protocol, collection/storage/transmission behavior, security review, privacy policy, vulnerability policy, support policy, or licence for the Original Series Tricorder badge. The historical tricorderSAO repository exposes documentation and media without an explicit root licence or a current-badge mapping.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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firmware, source, release, privacy, and licence gap · current public-source review · no current implementation or policy archive identified
The catalogue does not present a proposed sensor badge as a released software project, a programmable device, a privacy-reviewed tracker, a reproducible build, or a legal reuse grant.
- Badge
- Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- firmware, source, release, privacy, and licence gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- current public-source review
- Status
- no current implementation or policy archive identified
- Timeframe
- current source pass
- Source note
- MakeItHackin DEF CON 34 roster response and public tricorderSAO repository root.
public maker self-submission roster
MakeItHackin's public current-event row for a new Original Series Tricorder badge: it says on-site purchase through Hacker Warehouse, approximately $125, and a Star Trek 60th-anniversary badge featuring various sensors. The source field remains TBD. This is a maker self-submission, not proof of completed sale, disclosed sensor hardware, final design, official DEF CON issuance, or image rights.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
same-maker historical Tindie product listing
Live MakeItHackin seller listing for a differently named $30 Tricorder SAO. It documents a historical product, not the current approximately $125 Original Series Tricorder badge; its marketplace images have no explicit reusable licence or permission basis.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
same-maker historical Tricorder SAO repository
Public MakeItHackin repository whose current root exposes a 2025 Tricorder SAO documentation page and product media. It supports a related maker lineage only; it does not identify the current Original Series Tricorder badge or map repository details to the planned $125 DEF CON 34 artifact.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
same-maker historical tutorial video
Public Make It Hackin tutorial for a differently named Tricorder SAO. It links the repository and shows historical product context, but does not identify, demonstrate, or supply hardware parity for the current Original Series Tricorder badge.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
same-maker historical user documentation
The public repository README describes a separately named 2025 Tricorder SAO with badge-powered and rechargeable-battery forms, LEDs, and lanyard usage. It does not establish that any electrical, mechanical, packaging, or distribution detail applies to the current Original Series Tricorder badge.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
Make It Hackin / YouTube · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-party historical tutorial source for the distinct Tricorder SAO, linked from the product documentation. It establishes tutorial context only, not current Original Series Tricorder badge hardware, sensor function, sale completion, or reusable-video-frame permission.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
MakeItHackin / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public historical user documentation that describes separate rechargeable-battery and badge-powered Tricorder SAO forms, USB-C, LEDs, and lanyard use. It is not a current badge specification, circuit/firmware archive, safety guide, or revision map for the $125 Original Series Tricorder badge.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
MakeItHackin / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public same-maker repository for a separately named historical Tricorder SAO. Its current root supports maker/product-lineage context only and has no explicit root licence; it does not prove that current Original Series Tricorder badge units share the repository's design, electronics, behavior, price, or distribution.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
MakeItHackin / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary same-maker seller source for a distinct $30 Tricorder SAO. It corroborates the historical public product lineage but not current-event badge parity, sensor details, stock, price, sale completion, third-party permissions, or image reuse rights.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)
MakeItHackin public self-submission · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary current-event source naming a new Original Series Tricorder badge, its planned Hacker Warehouse on-site acquisition channel, approximately $125 price, 60th-anniversary Star Trek framing, and various-sensors wording. It does not provide a badge photo, product URL, sensor list, hardware/firmware detail, final stock, completed sale, official status, or media rights.
Badge: Original Series Tricorder Badge (DEF CON 34)