So you want to make a badge? Badge Creation 101
Jeff Geisperger
DEF CON 33 (backfill) · Day 1 · Main Stage
Jeff Geisperger, also known as Big Taro, delivered an insightful and highly practical talk at DEF CON titled "So you want to make a badge? Badge Creation 101." Geisperger, a security engineer by day and a prolific hardware badge creator by night, shared his expertise in transforming a nascent interest in custom hardware into tangible, blinking, and often interactive electronic badges. The presentation served as a foundational guide for aspiring badge makers, demystifying the entire process from conceptualizing a simple add-on (SAO) to designing a full-fledged conference badge.
AI review
Competent, honest, community-facing intro talk that does exactly what it sets out to do: lower the barrier to entry for badge creation at DEF CON. No novel research, no security revelations, but it's not pretending to be that — it's a well-structured 101 session for a real audience gap.