LayerOne is coming up this weekend! Registration closes tomorrow, so register while you can!

For those attending, are you planning to participate in Hebocon? You should, it’s great! Hebocon is a Robotic Battle for those on an extreme budget. Originating in Japan, it pits poorly constructed robots, modified electric toys and last-minute creations against one another in a Sumo-style arena. Hebocon starts at 11:00 on Sunday in the Hardware Hacking Village! Sign up on-site in the Hardware Hacking Village with your bot to participate!

How do I play?

Build a robot. A really terrible robot. You can either build your robot and bring it to the conference, or build it on-site in our renowned Hardware Hacking Village. There should be plenty of electronics rework equipment in the HHV, but feel free to bring some extras to guarantee that you have tools to work with or share with others. See below for full contest rules and restrictions for robot construction and operation.

How can I help others?

You can help by bringing building materials & spare electonics to share with others working on a bot. Very useful parts include: DC Motors (under 12v), batteries and battery holders, wires, super glue, hot glue guns, and etc. Remember – parts don’t need to be brand new. Crappy, sometimes unpredictable robots is kinda the point : ) Got a bin of parts sitting around your house, workshop, or hackerspace? Bring it and put it to good use: dying in glorious combat like all electronics are destined to do.

Contest Rules

• Arena is 50cm x 100cm
• Robots must fit within their half of arena (50cm x 50cm) at start of match
• Matches are 1 minute in length
• Tournament is a swiss-style competition to guarantee maximum playtime for all competitors!
• Competition is Sumo-bot style, therefore the goal is for your robot to be moving in the arena while your opponent is not.
  • There are some restrictions on robots in size, weight, and technological candor.
  • Technological restrictions to be determined by judges on case by case basis during sign in for any “technology” used as method of robots performance in match. Robots should be as simple as possible, staying away from direct radio control or on board hardware that could be interpreted as “technologically advanced”
  • Don’t bring your 60lb pet rock

  Hope to see you this weekend!

  Sincerely,
  The LayerOne Staff

LayerOne 2023 is coming up on May 27-28 at the Pasadena Hilton hotel! If you or your friends haven’t registered yet, do so before May 26 to save on admission! Register now on the Registration Page

LayerOne 2023
May 27-28, 2023
https://www.layerone.org

Our focus is on learning, fun, and friends. LayerOne offers some of the most unique and interesting hands-on areas you’ll ever see at a conference. Come learn about hacking, technology, security, and more without the high price tag or long lines.

Interested in learning more about these areas? Interested in networking with other like-minded folks? Interested in meeting some of the best and brightest in the information security world? Then LayerOne is for you!

Head over to https://www.layerone.org/registration/ to get yourself pre-registered for the event. Registration is available on-site but costs more – register online now to save some money! Registration includes access to both days of the event, an electronic badge, breakfast on both days, and a banquet dinner on Saturday night.

• Alex Lynd – DNS DriveBy: Stealthy GPS Tracking Using Open Wi-Fi
• Bronwen Aker (Corvus) – Why Developers Hate Cybersecurity
• Cesi0 – Flipper Zero: Annoying Tesla Owners Since 2021
• Davie – Jurassic Passwords: No Thesaurus Necessary
• doctor_tran – Hacking HR
• Joe Rozner – Phishing, FIDO, and the Future of AuthN
• Jon King (jk) – Intro to Memory Corruption and ROP
• machinist – My Laptop Dreams of Polydactyl Sheep: Deep Learning Image Generation for Fun and Profit
• Miguel A. Calles – Costly Findings in Serverless Computing
• Nathaniel Singer – Interpret This! Hunting for Bugs in the Python Interpreter
• wasabi – Eye Feel Fine: Modern Smart Camera Security
• z0rro & museifu – ESXicution

More details on the Speaker page!

LayerOne is known for being the most hands-on conference around. We want you to learn and socialize by doing! Full details for each event on Events page!

Hands-on villages:

• Lockpicking Village
• Hardware Hacking Village
• Hacking & CTF Village
• Chillout / Gaming Area
• RaiseMe Career Village

Contests & Events:

• Capture the Flag (CTF)
• The Intercept (Hardware CTF)
• Hebocon Robot Battles
• Tamper-Evident Contest
• Demo Party
• (Electronic) Badge Hacking Contest
• HAM Certification Testing

Thank you for your support, we look forward to seeing you in May!

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff

Celebrating it’s sixth year running, the LayerOne Demo Party is back again for another year of awesome demos! Demos are a combination of programming challenge, artwork, and music. You’re given specific hardware with any number of restrictions – code size, available memory, processor speed. Your goal is to output audio and video that pushes the limits of what is considered possible with such limited hardware.

Main categories for this year’s Demo Party:

• LayerOne Demo Board: Create a fantastic audio/video experience using a LayerOne Demo Board!
• ANSI: Create an awesome 80×23 ANSI art image using the standard 16 colors!
• Wildcard: Anything goes! Props given for creative use of hardware or software!

Enter your Demo or ANSI art now! Submit via the PARTYTIME submission system!

The LayerOne Demo Board is a 16-bit PIC24F chip with 96K RAM, 256K Flash/ROM. Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? There’s many nuances to learning about the board and exploring what is possible in such limited hardware. Get inspired by watching a previous year’s demo party! Need some additional inspiration? Check out some award-winning demos on the Commodore 64, Atari XL/XE, and an 8-bit Atmega88 microcontroller. Not enough? What about a full, three and a half minute 1080p HD demo written in just 4kb of code? Check out elevated by Rgba & TBC.

Haven’t registered for LayerOne 2023 yet? Do it now to save money! Standard Registration is available until May 26th, 2023 – don’t wait, book now!

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff

Speaking schedule and details are up! Check out 2023 Schedule and 2023 Speakers – Still time to register if you haven’t already! Register now! What talk are you most looking forward to?

2023 Speaker Lineup:

• Alex Lynd – DNS DriveBy: Stealthy GPS Tracking Using Open Wi-Fi
• Bronwen Aker (Corvus) – Why Developers Hate Cybersecurity
• Cesi0 – Flipper Zero: Annoying Tesla Owners Since 2021
• Davie – Jurassic Passwords: No Thesaurus Necessary
• doctor_tran – Hacking HR
• Joe Rozner – Phishing, FIDO, and the Future of AuthN
• Jon King (jk) – Intro to Memory Corruption and ROP
• machinist – My Laptop Dreams of Polydactyl Sheep: Deep Learning Image Generation for Fun and Profit
• Miguel A. Calles – Costly Findings in Serverless Computing
• Nathaniel Singer – Interpret This! Hunting for Bugs in the Python Interpreter
• wasabi – Eye Feel Fine: Modern Smart Camera Security
• z0rro & museifu – ESXicution

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff

Last chance to get our cheapest prices for LayerOne 2023 registration! Head over to Registration page and book your ticket now!

Our greatly discounted hotel rate also ends on May 3rd! Get it before its gone!

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff