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Six of us went to HOPE this year. What a time we had. Very little sleep, lots of socializing, and even some hacking. Nathan made me bring our Wifi Geiger Counter to work on and show off. This turned into more of a hacking project than a fixing project. This years conference badge features an MSP430 and a Nordic nRF24L01+ radio. They could communicate with each other and a tracking network. After realizing the badges could be aware of other badges I came up with a plan! Now the Geiger Counter detects other HOPE badges!


 


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This weekend (9/18 – 9/20) we are hosting a meetup for a bunch of hackerspaces. Its going to be a very open event. Feel free to stop by and check out all the crazy stuff that will be happening. Here is a general list of how we think things will be going down. Again this is very open, and may change alot.

Schedule

  • Friday
    • Check in
    • Get Dinner
    • Check out the shop
    • Probably party.
  • Saturday
    • Opening remarks
      • We are a 501c3 please don’t use our network for illegal activity.
      • Contests we are going to have.
      • Have fun!!!
    • Open talks
      • Talks will be how ever long you want. Just sign up on the white board.
    • MudFlap from Hacker Consortium will be deep frying a Turkey.
    • Next year Con discussion.
      •  ????
    • Closing Ceremonies
      • Contest winners.
      •  ????
    • Dinner we have been thinking Souther style, but who knows.
    • PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sunday
    • Checkout
    • Breakfast if anyone is alive.

Time Event Location
Friday
20:00 Meet and Greet Hotel Lobby
Saturday
9:30 10:00 Opening Speech Shop
10:00-13:00 Open for Presentation/Talks Shop
13:00-14:00 MudFlap is cooking lunch for all Shop
14:00-18:00 Open for Presentation/Talks Shop
18:00-19:00 Discussion of the possibilities of a Con next year. Shop
19:00-20:00 Closing ceremonies Shop
20:00-21:00 Dinner Anywhere or bring back to shop
21:00-?? Party!!! Shop
Sunday
11:00 Breakfast Cracker Barrel, Waffle House, IHOP..ect

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The week leading up to Outerz0ne was crazy. We spent many hours working on the new Photobooth. Big thanks to Tim for a crazy design which I firmly believe he sold his sole to Satan for. Bob was awesome, he spend many hours putting the thing together. Venkat did a great job on the new software. Greg, Scott, Justin and I’m sure a few others also helped get this project done.

We had planned to leave Thursday night for Outerz0ne, but as the week rolled forward, it started looking like Thursday night might be a work night for everyone involved.  Indeed it was, we worked late into the night, then got up Friday and continued to work.  We finally finished working on the thing at about 6pm.  Once it was done, we promptly tore it down, packed it up and stuffed it into the car.  Then raced to Outerz0ne.

This was a great project to work on, and I believe it is far better than the first one.  This photobooth actually breaks down and folds up under the seat.  The only components that do not fit are the computer and curtains, but I think we have enough room under the seat for the curtains.  There are a few areas which need improvement, but these are things that can be taken care of fairly easily, and hopefully can be done right without being rushed.

Below are pictures taken while building was taken place, and here is the link to the pictures the Photobooth took from Outerz0ne 5


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