Making the DEF CON 29 Badge

Presented at DEF CON 29 (2021), Aug. 6, 2021, 10 a.m. (45 minutes).

Come meet the new badge makers and hear the story of how this year's badge was created amidst a global pandemic. We'll share tales of chip shortages, delayed parts, and late nights, as well as discuss how the badge works and what you can do with it. Maybe even some hints about the challenges within...

Presenters:

• Michael Whiteley - MKFactor.com
  Michael is a husband, father, and electronics geek. He doesn't like long walks on the beach, but prefers to be indoors with a fast internet connection. @compukidmike
• Katie Whiteley - MKFactor.com
  Katie is a wife, mother, and graphic designer. She likes long walks on the beach because there's no internet connection. @ktjgeekmom Combined they are MK Factor, a husband/wife badgemaker team. They've created badges for many conferences and groups like OpenWest, Saintcon, DC801, Car Hacking Village, and many unofficial DEF CON badges. Together they earned a black badge for Car Hacking at DEF CON 24.

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-29/dc-29-speakers.html#whiteley
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 29/DEF CON 29 video and slides/DEF CON 29 - Michael Whiteley Katie Whiteley - Making the DEF CON 29 Badge.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 29/DEF CON 29 video and slides/DEF CON 29 - Michael and Katie Whitely, The Dark Tangent - Making the DEF CON 29 Badge - Live.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 29/DEF CON 29 presentations/Michael Whiteley Katie Whiteley - Making the DEF CON 29 Badge.pdf (slides)
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 29/DEF CON 29 video and slides/DEF CON 29 - Michael Whiteley Katie Whiteley - Making the DEF CON 29 Badge.srt (subtitles)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kdq40PY3s

Similar Presentations:

• DEF CON 17 (2009) / Welcome to Defcon 17 with Dark Tangent and the Making of & Hacking the DC17 Badge
• SAINTCON 2019 / The Badge Talk
• CackalackyCon 2 (2023) / Badge Talk