Issue dossier
Hak4Kidz Lab's roster links the planned purchase channel to Hacker Warehouse at DEF CON, but no reviewed source says DEF CON issued, funded, endorsed, includes, requires, or guarantees the SAO; grants admission; replaces a Human badge; or confirms the retailer's final event role.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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independent DEF CON association and credential boundary · maker self-submission and marketplace sources · independent planned event-market association documented
The catalogue tracks a public independent event association without presenting a maker sale as official conference hardware, a registration benefit, an access credential, an organizer endorsement, or a completed vendor commitment.
- Badge
- Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2 (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- independent DEF CON association and credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- maker self-submission and marketplace sources
- Status
- independent planned event-market association documented
- Timeframe
- DEF CON 34 source pass
- Source note
- Hak4Kidz DEF CON 34 roster response, H4K-Dave video, and Hak4Kidz Lab Tindie listing.
Evidence
Related Resources
Hak4Kidz Lab Tindie product listing
Primary Hak4Kidz Lab product listing for the same-named v2.2 electronic badge wearable. It documents blinky LED/PCB/tracer claims, SAO 1.69bis attachment wording, DIY soldering connector, older v1/DC31 lineage, coin-cell-pinning work-in-progress wording, current $30 seller state, and product images without an explicit reusable licence or permission basis.
Badge: Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2 (DEF CON 34)
first-party maker video
Public David Schwartzberg / H4K-Dave video titled Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2. Its description calls the item a blinky wearable-tech add-on, says it supports SAO 1.69bis, identifies the DIY connector, describes it as made for DC31, and links the Hak4Kidz Lab product page. It does not establish a separate 2026 hardware revision, current inventory, completed DEF CON sale, or reusable-video-frame permission.
Badge: Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2 (DEF CON 34)
public maker self-submission roster
Hak4Kidz Lab's public current-event row for Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2: marked new, linked to the maker video, listed for purchase from Hacker Warehouse at DEF CON, and priced at approximately $35. It is a maker self-submission, not proof of completed sale, venue inventory, final technical build, official DEF CON issuance, or image rights.
Badge: Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2 (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
David Schwartzberg / H4K-Dave / YouTube · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary maker video source with the exact v2.2 title. Its published description supports the item name, blinky wearable-add-on framing, SAO 1.69bis and DIY-connector wording, DC31 context, and Hak4Kidz Lab product linkage; it does not prove a distinct 2026 build, sales, full circuit details, source release, or video-frame reuse rights.
Badge: Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2 (DEF CON 34)
Hak4Kidz Lab / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary maker/seller source for the v2.2 electronic wearable, LED/PCB/tracer claims, SAO 1.69bis attachment wording, DIY-soldering connector, v1/DC31 lineage, LF HASL finish, coin-cell-pinning work-in-progress statement, and current $30 seller state. It does not prove a 2026 production run, $35 event sale completion, a full engineering archive, safety/compliance, third-party permissions, or image reuse rights.
Badge: Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2 (DEF CON 34)
Hak4Kidz Lab public self-submission · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary current-event maker self-submission identifying a new Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2, the linked maker video, planned Hacker Warehouse DEF CON purchase channel, and approximately $35 price. It does not establish final stock, sales, technical revision, conference issuance, or image rights.
Badge: Star Trek SAO Phaser v2.2 (DEF CON 34)