This is the year the badges get badges, and it’s never been a better time to get started designing your own PCB. It’s the demoscene for hardware, and now it’s open to everybody.

Designing a badge for another conference, BIZIT 2015, was even more challenging. It is being organized by PC Press, our computer magazine publisher, on November the 3rd and 4th.

The badges include a Near Field Communications (NFC) antennae -- that's what swaps the data when two badges are "bumped." The contact information you collect can then be synced with a conference ...

When it comes to tracking people’s every movement—or “location-aware applications” if you’re trying to sound less creepy—nothing beats the badges at hacker conferences. This year, HOPE ...

Conference badges are frequently pretty annoying. Here are some ideas for making them better. > Skip to content. FEATURED: Public Perception of College. Sign In. News. Advice.

The giant Reimagine Education badge has caused me to ponder the evolution of the conference badge. 8 trends in conference badges: 1 - Badges As Pockets: Some badges double as places to hold all sorts ...

The American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, which will gather at the end of the month in San Diego, responded to the criticism quickly, saying Friday that they would ...

It’s unlike any conference badge you’ve ever seen before–sleek, stylish, programmable, and made out of metal. It’s the Defcon 18 conference badge, set to be unveiled Thursday at the annual ...

Cue the wired conference badges! As developers filed into the FutureStack conference here Thursday, they were handed hard plastic circuit boards labeled with their names and powered by lithium ...