DEFCON 34 CTF
Challenge Accepted
For those of you scanning your challenge coin from DC33, PhreakNIC, or B-Sides
For those of you new to us at 615-Labs, we want to thank you for finding us and deciding to hang out.
You have completed the challenge by visiting this page.
Because of the rules imposed by the powers that be, we are not allowed to sell you anything…
...BUT...
This is DefCon, and we dirty hackers are pretty good at stretching, bending, and challenging rules. We’re under no illusion we’re above the law (and for legal reasons, we are stating our group does not believe we are above the law) — but we do believe in freedom, knowledge, and creativity.
Should you meet a certain threshold of donation amount, we think it’s only right that you get some cool stuff in return.
615-Labs is a small, independant hacker group based out of Nashville, TN. We love learning, teaching, and engineering new and fun things across all demographics — and we wanted to embody that spirit in what we’re bringing to the conference this year and passing cool stuff onto you!
Transparent Pricing
| Item | Unit Cost | Suggested Price |
|---|---|---|
| Build-A-Badge Kit | $28.94 | $100.00 |
| Challenge Coin Kit | $4.50 | $20.00 |
| Any of our SAOs | $3.50(ish) | $10.00 each |
| Battle Jacket Raffle | $?.?? | Read More Here or Below |
“Suggested Price” is what we could charge to help recoup R&D and production. Keep in mind that the “Unit Cost” does not count the hundreds of hours spent on developing and currating these items.
Payment Options:
- Cash
- Venmo: @Alchemmer (Last four digits are 2535, for verification)
The Battle Jacket Raffle
If you’re interested in donating to our cause, you might also be interested in our Battle Jacket!
Each dollar donated represents an entry into our drawing. You can find more instructions at the link below:
I want the Battle Jacket
Other Interesting Info About Our Things
The 'Build-A-Badge' We've Made This Year
Back in May of this year, after our local B-Sides conference in Nashville, we were asked if we thought we could make a badge that would incorporate multiple common mediums for creators both seasoned and new. We wanted to make a unique badge that people could build themselves and make their own. With less than 3 months we got to work on this badge and honestly got everything just in time.
We had a lot of fun building this badge. It includes a PCB as the head, an acrylic body, 3-D printed limbs, and a hand-sewn battle jacket. There are some additional details for future add-ons as well as 2 SAO connection points.
We’re also doing someworkshops while here at the conference if you’re interested in signing up for them.
Friday AM
Friday PM
Saturday AM
The SAOs We've Made This Year
This year we wanted to have some fun with simple circuits and made our own trio of SAOs. Fair warning, they have absolutely nothing to do with one another other than the fact that we made them.
BUT
We think they’re really cool.
Angry Star SAO - This was an idea from our very own M-Nelly. He wanted a very small, very pissed off SAO that’s extremely similar (BUT LEGALLY NOT THE SAME) as a prominent, alt-future style of a popular restaruant movie from the early 2000s. It also may or may not have literally been brought to you here in Vegas by Carl’s Jr.
Doom SAO - This was a request from Alchemmer; He’s a big fan of booting into gzDoom and reliving the classic. (he mostly just enters idkfa and says ‘fuck it’, proceeding to mow down demons) If you’re a fan, show some love and interest. Who knows, maybe we’ll find a way to incorporate an NFC and host a mobile version of the game for our homies at con next time.
615-Labs Flask - This SAO features a CH-Series microcontroller and a few new techniques we’re trying out for board designs. It bears our logo as well as our website.
The Challenge Coin’s Journey
The challenge coin you see before you is over two years in the making — the result of several hundred hours/dollars of:
- Research & Development
- Compiling errors (many, many compiling errors)
- Prototyping costs
- Graphic design work
- Logistical nightmares
- Enough extracted fumes to fog a small apartment
(All accomplished by two people.)
Each one is uniquely serialized and represents what we believe is worth sharing, what’s worth ignoring, and — frankly — what looks pretty cool.
One of our engineers may or may not have had a nervous breakdown attempting to assemble them during DC33 due to revision 1 assembly issues in which he had to dremel out portions of the coins, re-engineer the jigs for the assembly, and flat out nap under his microscope for various portions of the conference while trying to sell them.
The QR Codes
All the QR codes we use are wholly owned and hosted by 615-Labs. We only manipulate it for conference purposes, but most of the It leads to our primary site where we’ll keep adding content and reasources for budding:
- Electrical Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Computer Engineers
- Anything else we think is worth keeping in one’s back pocket
The QR Code on the back of the coin will lead to an open-source repository for the coin design. (Please don’t judge our firmware)
Keep the Secret
Share this Knowledge repository. Let the cool kids know where you got your shiny new things…
…but don’t spoil the secret of how to get it. Just tell all the cool hackers you meet to talk to Alchemmer, M-nelly, or MLP in the Maker’s Village and ask about our “CTF”.