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I know it is slightly off topic but I am really curious... How can the conference do this? Conferences are notoriously costly between the venue and the vendors
by throwaway2016a 9y ago
I know it is slightly off topic but I am really curious...
How can the conference do this? Conferences are notoriously costly between the venue and the vendors, How is it that a $256 a ticket conference can afford to have a badge like this?
I know I couldn't make this badge for less than $40 a piece. I can't even find a screen like that for less than $30 unless you buy in the thousands.
Is there some trick to being able to do this stuff cheaply that I am not aware of?
Edit: The description of the build on https://hackaday.io/project/27427-camera-badge-for-supercon-2017/log/68571-hardware-description https://hackaday.io/project/27427-camera-badge-for-supercon-... is pretty awesome. It links to the LCD screens.... which indeed look like they are $40.
- revelation 9y agoThe parts are not nearly as expensive as you think. It's likely made from some obsolete stock. See also: https://hackaday.com/2017/10/11/building-the-hackaday-superconference-badge/ https://hackaday.com/2017/10/11/building-the-hackaday-superc...
- kayfox 9y agoIn addition to low costs, often electronic badges are sponsored by a company. Like the DEF CON 20 badges being partially sponsored by Parallax, who made the CPU on the badges.