Tag dossier
Badge records tagged with Las Vegas, across United States.
Official announcement and archive-photo documented pre-electronic name tag
A DEF CON 1 pre-electronic name-tag and paper-badge artifact documented by the official 1993 announcement, the official DEF CON I archive page, and the official DEF CON media-server badge photo.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic chest credential
A DEF CON 2 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON II archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Sahara Hotel and Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic waist credential
A DEF CON 3 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON III archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Tropicana Resort & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic chest credential
A DEF CON 4 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON IV archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic hanging credential
A DEF CON 5 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 5 archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Aladdin Hotel & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic conference credential
A DEF CON 6 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 6 event page, and official DEF CON media-server photos from the Plaza Hotel & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic lanyard credential
A DEF CON 8 physical lanyard credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 8 event page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from Alexis Park.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic lanyard badge
A DEF CON 9 physical lanyard badge documented by InfoconDB event metadata and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Alexis Park conference.
Pre-electronic physical badge with corner-hole lore
A DEF CON 10 physical badge artifact documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official program's note about the badge form factor, and official DEF CON media-server badge images.
Official archive photographed pre-electronic identity badge
A DEF CON 11 human badge documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official program PDF, and official DEF CON media-server photos explicitly filed as DEF CON 11 badge images.
Unofficial forum identity badge
A community DEF CON 12 forum badge documented by the official forum thread as a printable avatar/nickname template, intended as an extra badge for forum members rather than the official attendee credential.
Public-domain photographed pre-electronic identity badge
A DEF CON 13 human badge documented by a public-domain Wikimedia Commons original photo and an official pre-conference DEF CON forum note that the 2005 badges were ready before registration.
First official DEF CON electronic badge
A Joe Grand-designed skull-shaped PCB badge for DEF CON 14, built around active electronics, open hackable circuitry, two blue LEDs, one button, seven soldermask role variants, and an official badge-hacking contest.
95-LED scrolling-text badge with capacitive controls
A Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio electronic badge for DEF CON 15, built around a Freescale MC9S08QG8, a 5-by-19 matrix of 95 LEDs, capacitive touch controls, customizable vertically scrolling text, persistence-of-vision behavior, and another official badge-hacking contest.
Sound-reactive RGB badge with MC56F8006 DSP
A Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio electronic badge for DEF CON 17, built around a Freescale MC56F8006 16-bit digital signal controller, an amplified MEMS microphone, an RGB LED, wired multi-badge communication, and a static serial bootloader.
Titanium non-electronic puzzle badge
A Ryan Clarke / 1o57 DEF CON 19 badge that intentionally stepped away from electronics and used a waterjet-cut commercially pure titanium physical artifact as the event credential, puzzle surface, role marker, and social-interaction prompt.
Propeller 1 infrared puzzle and contest badge
A Parallax-built official DEF CON badge for DEF CON 22, based on the Propeller 1, infrared transmit/receive hardware, touch-pad buttons, LEDs, full USB programming, exposed I/O, and thirteen attendee-role styles.
Unofficial DEF CON 24 STM32 and RFM69 badgelife badge
The AND!XOR DC24 Bender Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 24 badgelife badge with a Bender-shaped PCB, STM32F103 controller, OLED screen, RGB LEDs, RFM69W 433 MHz radio, USB serial terminal behavior, games, GPIO breakouts, and a public post-event hardware/software archive.
Unofficial DEF CON 25 nRF52 BLE badge with BOTNET game
The AND!XOR DC25 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 25 badgelife board built around a Rigado BMD-300 / Nordic nRF52 module, color TFT, WS2812B LEDs, sensors, microSD, BLE smartphone integration, TCLish scripting, BYOB bling, CHIP8/SCHIP games, and a badge-to-badge BOTNET game.
First Recon Village spy-silhouette badge
Recon Village's first Badge Life entry was The Original, a DEF CON 25 electronic badge with the village's spy-silhouette design, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and foundation-of-tradition framing.
Unofficial DEF CON 26 ESP32-WROVER Wild West of IoT badge
The AND!XOR DC26 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 26 badgelife board themed as the Wild West of IoT, built around an ESP32-WROVER module with WiFi/Bluetooth, a color LCD, microSD, IS31FL3736-driven RGB lighting, CP2102N USB serial, LULZCODE scripting, the B.E.N.D.E.R. console challenge, and badge-to-badge networking ambitions.
Bluetooth LE wrist party badge
The DC503 DEF CON 26 VIP Banglet is a source-backed wrist-worn party badge documented by the Apache-2.0 `pdxbadgers/2018-banglet` repository and by BSidesPDX 2018's public Making of the Banglet talk listing.
Spy and skull Recon Village badge variants
Recon Village's DEF CON 26 badge entry, The Dual Design, used two official visual variants: a classic spy silhouette and a detailed skull design in a black-and-white aesthetic.
Unofficial DEF CON 27 nRF52840 hardware-hacking badge
The AND!XOR DC27 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 27 badgelife board built around a Rigado BMD-340 / Nordic nRF52840 core with an IS31FL3741 LED matrix, light pipes, glow-in-the-dark capacitive touch, USB-C, FT2232H hardware-hacking bridge, SWD/Tag-Connect programming paths, SAO 1.69bis support, BOTNET mesh behavior, and B.E.N.D.E.R. v2.0 challenges.
Capacity-managed admission badge for BSidesLV
BSides Las Vegas 2019 is represented here by its official participant/admission badge system: badges were required for entry, walk-in badges were no longer available, and attendees secured badges through room-block, donor, sponsor, volunteer, speaker, student, local, or related conference paths.
Membrane-keyboard ARG badge
The Queercon 16 Q Badge was an electronic DEF CON-adjacent social badge with a custom membrane keyboard, 2.9-inch e-paper display, RGB lighting, Bluetooth-capable TI CC2640R2 controller, Holtek LED driver, AA battery power, RJ12 6P6C badge-to-badge connector, and ARG mechanics across Q, C, and Handler badge roles.
Steampunk Recon LED-eye badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 27 badge entry, The Skull Badge, was a steampunk-recon skull-shaped PCB design with mechanical artwork, LED eye illumination, and a CREW staff variant.
Circular global-surveillance badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 30 badge entry, The Radar Badge, was a circular radar-themed badge with a world-map overlay, teal and emerald styling, compass markings, and coordinate markings.
Classic spy badge with speaker variant
Recon Village's DEF CON 31 badge entry, The Spy Silhouette, returned to the fedora silhouette with die-cut shape, LED illumination, a speaker-badge variant, and custom Recon Village lanyard.
Multi-layer tactical recon badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 32 badge entry, The Recon Soldier, was a tactical-recon multi-layer PCB badge with red and blue LED eyes, 3D assembled design, and military helmet artwork.
Cyber Vigilance owl badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 33 badge entry, The Cyber Owl, was a cyberpunk owl electronic badge with intricate mechanical detail, metallic blue-gray finish, and glowing pink LED eyes.