GSM Phone on a Conference Badge - Computerphile

[@RobertMilesAI]

This year's badge is even fancier than last time! Next time's killer feature is said to be "Being ready at the start of the festival" Edit: I'm putting together a video about my trip to EMF which includes assembling the badge and trying to get it to work. That video should be up some time in the next few... months

[@e4r281]

I can't wait for your next video.

[@Brutaltronics]

hopefully the board works fine.

[@beskamir5977]

`next few... months` of course... why did I even think it could show up in a couple weeks before I got to that part.

[@CymrilTaran]

I'd love a follow-up video showcasing what weirdness the attendees were able to cook up with those badges.

[@bradburyrobinson]

Takes the case off a Nokia N-Gage, calls it 'a badge'! :)

[@torrentails]

I knew I wouldn't be the only one who thought this!

[@sbn025]

yeah i recognize it too

[@exaMAB]

This was my first thought when I saw it!

[@Paarrad]

First thing i thought about when i see the batch..

[@e4r281]

It's not a badge anymore at this point :)

[@Prophes0r]

While it was not an "Official" Con badge, and it came YEARS before the "BadgeLife" or "BadgeCon" style of everyone making their own electronic badges, I happen to have one of the Ninja Tel phones from DefCon 20 here. That could probably be considered one of the earlier "GSM Badges". Though likely not the first.

[@Lurker1979]

That has to be one of the coolest badges for a trade show or a convention or conference ever.

[@cherryberry8719]

but can it run crysis?

[@zeikjt]

Almost anything could "run" Crysis. Just not in any interesting way :)

[@yesitsdawid]

No. It didn't have the ability to run anything - that's micropython for you lol

[@informant09]

There are always those guys that dont get it :-D

[@Dawwwg]

It runs Doom, why would you want Crysis ?

[@hrnekbezucha]

The wonderful world of hardware design

[@eddiejaoude]

Looks like such a great event. I can’t wait to go in 2019 🤓

[@TheFakeVIP]

This is computer file's 500th video! 🎊🎀🎉🎁🤓🙌

[@Jonas-mg5wx]

That's really cool and all but after the conference it's just gonna be a ton of garbage that nobody will ever use again...

[@TheOisannNetwork]

I don't think it is the first. I've seen some defcon talk about this. Not sure which one it is though.

[@AureliusR]

It was, I believe, ShmooCon on the west coast of the USA, and yes it was like 3-5 years ago. It was an extremely popular talk at DEFCON, and they actually went above and beyond what was done here. I don't understand how these badge creators could *not* know about the other badge.

[@UpcycleElectronics]

Lol. I wish my Samsung Galaxy had a hardware disconnect switch for the microphone and cameras!! Ya hear that Samsung? A conference badge phone has better user security than your flagship. Good on you guys. Cool project. *Hello My Name Is:* (area code...)

[@onometre]

Idk why you're calling Samsung out. No mass produced smartphone had a hardware disconnect for mic or camera. And only a couple give you a physical camera cover.

[@Dawwwg]

Perhaps because he actually owns a Samsung phone ? Besides, Samsung is the nr 1 manufacturer nowadays, before Huawei and Apple :)

[@lohphat]

I presume the entrance fee covers its cost.

[@JonathanCorwin]

I think sponsorship covered a lot of the cost

[@Brutaltronics]

that is one spicy MCU you got there buddy.

[@Ktulu789]

Do all of these electronics go to waste right after the event?

[@DavidSaintloth]

This is insane! ^^^ That is in fact a compliment.

[@jimmuendo]

I love computerphile, and I'd love to go to EMF sometime; but I haven't a clue what that dude was talking about! 😬

[@NeonThoughtBox]

Such badge, many fancy, wow.

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

Could I possibly get my hands on one of those pink dot badges?

[@aseq2]

Typical nerd alert...spend 2 years on the hardware, test the day before deadline, not sure if it'll work during launch...

[@Dawwwg]

That's what multinationals call Agile and pay extra for ...

[@fourutubez7294]

Badges ? Badges ? I don't need no stinking badges !

[@navneetchoudry]

Can you do a video on how Slackware 1.0 would work on Rasberry pi zero

[@chrissxMedia]

well...it is not really the first one, the troopers 17 had a nokia 3310 on it

[@whatthefunction9140]

make a ham radio badge for next year

[@apehat]

Would it be inappropriate to say that there's one of these badges (and previous iterations) sitting on eBay at the moment? :-)

[@whatthefunction9140]

you could make a whole conference on the badge alone.

[@2346Will]

But why?

[@Slithy]

For science!

[@u0000-u2x]

Because they can

[@madmax2069]

But why not

[@anthonymacgregor9790]

probably for the fun it could bring

[@velho6298]

Done at some con in US

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Are there any more GSM networks?

[@damianlud]

Can we buy them after you've finished with them?

I love it, hahah~! What was last years?

[@leepshin]

Badge???!! It's a bit on the big side for a badge. I was expecting something more Next Generation sized.

[@DxBlack]

I've only seen badges from the past few years online: they're not small. What they put on them prevents them from _being_ small...

[@crredsox13]

Man that's so cool! I'm so jealous haha

[@FancescaTanuki]

How i can get one? I live in italy

[@tetlamed]

Uh 2500 minutes is 42 hours, not 200

[@EvanRustMakes]

Can I buy one?

[@alexandterfst6532]

Why no captions or automatic captions ?!!!

[@SuviTuuliAllan]

#nomorecraptions

[@89elmonster]

Where can I get this??????

[@SamSeama]

Is that a Nokia N Gage?

[@reddcube]

And no headphone jack

[@neddyladdy]

Why ?

[@kearneyfamilylondon68]

Cool!

[@Andrew-fz8uf]

2500/60=200?

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

This is one of those fairly rare Computerphile videos that I found overwhelmingly uninteresting.

[@simontay4851]

I wasn't interested either. Stopped watching after the first minute.

[@john_hunter_]

but can I turn it into a nokia ngage?

[@sogerc1]

And what is the point of that thing? This guy has way too much free time.

[@magnets1000]

I assume they had custom SIM cards?

[@yesitsdawid]

magnets1000 They had SIM cards from hologram.io, but they connected to the EMF GSM network

[@Chrisallengallery]

Where is the line where a badge turns into an N-Gage . . . .I mean phone.

[@Tymon0000]

Nokia 3310 badge was cooler.

[@madmax2069]

Oh wow

[@TeleportingBread161]

nice vid

[@yesitsdawid]

Haha but the phone on the badge didn't work

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Yes but what problem does it solve?

[@kyoung21b]

Mike Page - The problem of how best to annoy stuffed shirts.

[@rkpetry]

*_...three-times the size of a small cellphone, and its screen is only a third of its size..._*

[@DavidSaintloth]

299 792 458 m/s

[@cristoux]

Simplify absurd. It's not working, it's useless, took thousand of work hours and they still think they're geniuses.

[@TabulaRasa001]

I built a GSM GPS tracker with environmental sensors that ran python a decade ago. Took less than 2 weeks and cost less than $100 for a single unit. This seems like a serious regression.

[@pepegaDoge]

why tho ._.

[@MaxDiscere]

What an enormous waste of electronics. Completely unnecessary and you even have to pay for it if you attend this festival🙄 it's not even a badge

[@madmax2069]

Go blaze on some wheat

[@maverator]

So the badge was awesome in every way except it didn't work?

[@MrDooom]

"you even have to pay for it if you attend this festival" - They were given out free to attendees of EMF, so I don't know what you're talking about there. "it's not even a badge" - It shows the wearer's name (twice!) and is worn around the neck. It is therefore a conference badge.

[@raykent3211]

Most of the attendees don't have a mobile phone, so it's useful. Maybe next time they'll make an edible one for hungry people.

[@MaxDiscere]

Ray Kent that would be nice

[@NaR00W]

That's so incredibly uncool, when you have something smaller and infinitely more powerful in your pocket every day.

[@NaR00W]

MichaelKingsfordGray: “I lack an argument, so I’ll discredit opposing viewpoints based on my perception of KZbin display name etiquette. HA, gotem!” At least your display name isn’t juvenile, just your thinking.

[@Juansonos]

Power isn't the point here. EMF (as I understand it, having never been) is a maker/tinkerer event. The point is to have something cool to make and play with. You have a hand in its final creation and you can see what you can do/have it do within it's limitations.

[@NaR00W]

@@Juansonos I'm not saying power is the point. But you have something better and more tinkerable, from 10 years ago that you could use instead. Where learning to program it would be an actual benefit to know. There's nothing that stands out, at all.

[@PWN4G3FTW]

I know this channel isnt about politics but please inform yourself about articles 11 and 13 that were recently passed by the EU. It will affect everyone worldwide and I predict it will be not in a good way. This needs to be adressed and if possible stopped. Freedom of speech of the EU (and beyond) is on the line.

[@furrane]

first

[@lithostheory]

But why?

[@stevenm4319]

Why?