Salvaging a commercial-grade pick and place machine
Why build a pick and place machine from the ground up when you can start with a full featured, but non-functional unit, and bring it back to life. That’s exactly what [Charliex] is doing with this...
View ArticleTime to get serious about going to LayerOne
This year’s LayerOne Hacking and Security Conference is right around the corner. But it’s not too late to attend. You can still get a block-rate hotel room if you register by the end of April, and...
View ArticleLayerOne badges stop bullets; drive away
We love badges. And we’ve really got to thank [Charliex] for taking the time to write a huge post about this year’s LayerOne badges, especially since they’ve got their backs up against the deadline...
View ArticleMorse code beacon wins the LayerOne badge hacking contest
Ham skills prevail in this year’s LayerOne badge hacking contest. [Jason] was the winner with this Morse Code beacon hack.He got a head start on the competition after seeing our preview feature on the...
View ArticleLayerOne badge hacking twofer
Here’s a pair of LayerOne Badge hacks that actually included the RC as intended by the badge designers. First up, we have the autonomous RC car built by [Arko]. He calls it Stanley Jr. as an homage to...
View ArticleStiltwalker beat audio reCAPTCHA
This talk from the 2012 LayerOne conference outlines how the team build Stiltwalker, a package that could beat audio reCAPTCHA. We’re all familiar with the obscured images of words that need to be...
View Article2013 LayerOne badge hacking contest winner
[Dynotronix] wrote in to share the news that he won the 2013 LayerOne badge hacking contest. In addition to the good news he included a description of his badge hack. We got a good look at the...
View ArticleRevive The Demoscene with a LayerOne Demoscene Board
Demos, the demoscene, and all the other offshoots of computer arts had their beginning as intros for cracked Apple II, Speccy, and Commodore 64 games. Give it a few years, and these simple splash...
View ArticleHackaday Events: NY, LA, SF, LA
We are doing a lot this spring to get people elbow-deep in hardware hacking. We have so many live events coming up that we’re going to be doing Saturday morning recaps to keep you informed. Here are...
View ArticleSee You at LayerOne this Weekend
LayerOne, the first level of security. [Brian Benchoff] and I are excited to take part in our first LayerOne conference this Saturday and Sunday in Monrovia California. Anyone in the Los Angeles area...
View ArticlePictures that Defeat Key Locks
We’re at LayerOne this weekend and one of the talks we were excited about didn’t disappoint. [Jos Weyers] presented Showing Keys in Public — What Could Possibly Go Wrong? The premise is that pictures...
View ArticleLayerOne Hardware Hacking Village
Go to DEFCON and you’ll stand in line for five hours to get a fancy electronic badge you’ll be showing to your grandchildren some day. Yes, at DEFCON, you buy your hacker cred. LayerOne is not so kind...
View ArticleLayerOne Demoscene Demoboard Party
The LayerOne conference is over, and that means this last weekend saw one of the biggest demoscene parties in the USA. Who won? A European team. We should have seen this coming. There were two...
View ArticleLayerOne InfoSec Conference Returns Next Weekend
This year’s LayerOne conference is May 25-27 in Los Angeles and Hackaday will be there! Hurry and get your ticket now as today is the last day for pre-registration. As the InfoSec community takes over...
View ArticleBadge Bling And More At LayerOne 2018
The security conference LayerOne 2018 took place this past weekend in Pasadena, California. A schedule conflict meant most of our crew was at Hackaday Belgrade but I went to LayerOne to check it out as...
View ArticleHunting Replicants With the 2019 LayerOne Badge
Blade Runner showed us a dystopian megatropolis vision of Los Angeles in the far-off future. What was a distant dream for the 1982 theater-goes (2019) is now our everyday. We know Los Angeles is not...
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