The Aerospace Village introduced two Wright brothers-inspired badges for DEF CON 31. The Wright Flyer commemorative badge celebrates two milestones: their fifth DEF CON anniversary and 120 years of flight, now out there as a restricted version.
DEF CON is an annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, NV. The thirty first convention happens August 10-13, 2023. Every year domain-specific villages give talks and train abilities. For instance, the Aerospace Village focuses on cybersecurity within the aviation subject.
The Aerospace Village first appeared at DEF CON 27 because the Aviation Village 5 years in the past. It’s a numerous group of hackers, engineers, pilots, and coverage leaders who try to share analysis and encourage individuals involved in aviation safety.
The Write Stuff (the “common” DEF CON 31 badge)
Like many villages, the Aerospace Village plans to promote a self-designed badge particular to DEF CON 31. They named this yr’s village badge “The Wright Stuff,” however particulars for this badge have but to be out there. However what is best than one badge? Two badges!
The opposite badge is a restricted version named “The Wright Flyer Badge.” Not solely does it have fun the village’s fifth yr at DEF CON, nevertheless it additionally celebrates the one hundred and twentieth yr because the well-known Wright Brothers’ powered flight. (Albeit a couple of months early.) Proceeds for the badge go towards supporting the village.
The Wright Flyer has an ESP32-S2 microcontroller and an SAO add-on. Well-liked options of DEF CON badges are puzzles or challenges which unlock extra capabilities. Because the ESP32 has Wi-Fi, the badge features as a Wi-Fi entry level, you may join wirelessly to seek out the badge’s easter eggs.
The SAO add-on port permits you to adorn this commemorative badge with LEDs, sensors, shows, and even different badges. Nevertheless, the Wright Flyer has badge bling we have now not seen earlier than spinning propellers!
📷: Dan Allen, @cybertestpilot (Twitter)
You should buy one of many 50 restricted version badges from the Aerospace Village Tindie retailer. To maintain the challenges secret for so long as potential, the supply code for the badge will probably be out there after DEF CON 31.
