Issue dossier
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
The record preserves manufacturing and logistics context as part of the badge's historical importance rather than presenting it as a frictionless production run.
Evidence
First-hand attendee source for the battery-powered WiFi signal-strength badge, missing parts box, bright factory firmware, and just-before-conference reflash.
InfoconDB source for ShmooCon XIV dates, Washington Hilton venue, Washington, DC location, and event schedule context.
ShmooCon Press source for the 14th ShmooCon context, all-rights-reserved publication notice, and image-rights boundary.
ShmooCon organizer deck preserving the 2018 operating context, badge contest department, and badge budget line.
Contemporary Hackaday.io source for ESP8266, serially addressable LEDs, injection-molded rocket enclosure, Jaycon Systems, and badgelife manufacturing context.
Source trail
Contemporary project-owner source for the ESP8266, serially addressable LEDs, injection-molded rocket enclosure, Jaycon Systems manufacturing attribution, and badgelife influence.
Event metadata source for January 19-21, 2018 dates, Washington Hilton venue, Washington, DC location, and schedule context.
First-hand attendee source for the battery-powered WiFi signal-strength meter badge, missing-parts-box production issue, and pre-conference reflash.
Organizer deck source for badge contest operations and a badge budget line in ShmooCon's public operating retrospective.
Official proceedings source for the 14th ShmooCon context and publication/image-rights boundary.