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The public documentation says the first attempt should be seated and away from stairs or hard surfaces, the person wearing electrodes should control the zap button, and zap modes should run on batteries rather than USB power.

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zap-mode operation caveat · primary README and firmware · documented

User-facing wording preserves the practical safety boundary around operating surviving badges or reproductions.

Badge
seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge
Category
zap-mode operation caveat
Severity
warning
Confidence
primary README and firmware
Status
documented
Timeframe
badge operation
Source note
Tipsy Badge README Safe Use Conditions and Safety sections.

Evidence

Related Resources

badge manual

Tipsy Badge README

Primary documentation source for DEF CON 33 sales context, Tor profit donation note, safety disclaimer, hardware list, modes, calibration, photo workflow, and flashing guidance.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

current seller page

Hacker Warehouse Tipsy Badge seller page

Live seller page for SKU SS-TB, observed InStock at a USD 75 sale price from a USD 100 list price. It provides continuity evidence for the historical Tipsy artifact but does not label a distinct DEF CON 34 revision; its product photos are not copied because reusable image rights are not stated.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

firmware source

tipsy.ino

Arduino firmware source for RP2040 pin mapping, menu modes, zap modes, USB warning behavior, display handling, storage behavior, and CC BY-NC 4.0 source header.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

public maker self-submission roster

DEFCON 34 Badgelife Form (Responses)

The public 2026 row from seeess + gigs calls the item Tipsy Badge, says it will be sold at Hacker Warehouse's booth, and points to this record's existing DC33 repository and its current Hacker Warehouse product page. It establishes a current maker-stated sale association, not a new board, completed sale, official DEF CON credential, technical certification, or image-reuse permission.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

source image

tipsy.readme.png

Exact repository badge photo used as the local source original and optimized WebP delivery image under the repository CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

Source trail

Evidence Sources

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

Defcon 33 Tipsy Badge

Primary badge manual source for Hacker Warehouse sales context, Tor profit donation note, safety disclaimer, hardware list, calibration, steering, wobble, color-game, photo, flashing, and user-operation details.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

LICENSE

License source for Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International terms; used as the visible reusable image/source permission basis for the selected upstream repository photo.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

seeess/Defcon-Tipsy-33-Badge

Repository source for public files, firmware tree, data assets, STL hardware accessories, source image, repository metadata, and visible CC BY-NC 4.0 license context.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

GitHub / seeess · retrieved 2026-05-15

tipsy.ino

Firmware source for authorship, CC BY-NC 4.0 source header, RP2040 pin mapping, modes, display behavior, current measurement, USB warning behavior, file-storage support, and button handling.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

Hacker Warehouse · retrieved 2026-05-15

Tipsy Badge

Current seller page for the same SKU SS-TB. It is marked InStock and shows a USD 75 sale price from a USD 100 list price during this source pass; it repeats the high-level RP2040, TFT, SAO, USB mass-storage, and electrode description but does not identify a separate 2026 board or revision. Product imagery is cited as evidence only because this page does not state a reusable image license or explicit permission basis.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge

seeess + gigs / public maker self-submission · retrieved 2026-05-15

DEFCON 34 Badgelife Form (Responses)

Public current-event maker self-submission that names Tipsy Badge, says it will be sold at Hacker Warehouse's booth, and links to both the current Hacker Warehouse product page and the historical Defcon-Tipsy-33-Badge repository. The shared title and links support a 2026 sale-continuity update, not a second board, a new revision, official DEF CON issuance, completed delivery, technical validation, or image-reuse permission.

Badge: seeess DC33 Tipsy Badge