Electronic badge

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Short description: Gadget that is a replacement for a traditional paper-based badge or pass issued at public events
Several electronic badges from conferences such as CCCamp and SHA2017

An electronic badge (or electronic conference badge) is a gadget that is a replacement for a traditional paper-based badge or pass issued at public events.[1] It is mainly handed out at computer (security) conferences and hacker events.[2] Their main feature is to display the name of the attendee, but due to their electronic nature they can include a variety of software. The badges were originally a tradition at DEF CON, but spread across different events.[3]

Examples

Hardware

  • SHA2017 badge, which included an e-ink screen and an ESP32[4]
  • Card10 for CCCamp2019[5][6]
  • Electromagnetic Field Camp badge[7][8]

Software

The organization badge.team has developed a platform called "Hatchery"[9] to publish and develop software for several badges.[10]

References

  1. White, Mark Alexander (June 20, 2006). "SmartBadge: An Electronic Conference Badge using RF and IR Communications". University of Canterbury. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/1088. 
  2. "Badgelife: the art of the conference badge" (in en). January 12, 2018. https://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/articles/badgelife-the-art-of-the-conference-badge. 
  3. Oberhaus, Daniel (September 18, 2018). "A History of Badgelife, Def Con's Unlikely Obsession with Artistic Circuit Boards" (in en). https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbne9a/a-history-of-badgelife-def-cons-unlikely-obsession-with-artistic-circuit-boards. 
  4. "Nederlands hackercamp SHA2017 gaat wifi-badges met E-Ink gebruiken" (in NL). https://tweakers.net/geek/124425/nederlands-hackercamp-sha2017-gaat-wifi-badges-met-e-ink-gebruiken.html. 
  5. "card10 - Home". https://card10.badge.events.ccc.de/. 
  6. By (August 29, 2019). "Hands-On: CCCamp2019 Badge Is A Sensor Playground Not To Be Mistaken For A Watch" (in en-US). https://hackaday.com/2019/08/29/hands-on-cccamp2019-badge-is-a-sensor-playground-not-to-be-mistaken-for-a-watch/. 
  7. "EMF Badge". https://badge.emfcamp.org/wiki/Main_Page. 
  8. By (August 27, 2018). "2018 Electromagnetic Field Badge: It's An Entire Phone!" (in en-US). https://hackaday.com/2018/08/26/2018-electromagnetic-field-badge-its-an-entire-phone/. 
  9. "Hatchery". https://badge.team/. 
  10. By (February 20, 2019). "Badge.Team: Badges Get A Platform" (in en-US). https://hackaday.com/2019/02/20/badge-team-badges-get-a-platform/.