https://archive.md/7y2eQ
“Hacker conferences—like all conventions—are notorious for giving attendees a
parting gift of mystery illness. To combat "con crud," New Zealand's premier
hacker conference, Kawaiicon, quietly launched a real-time, room-by-room carbon
dioxide monitoring system for attendees.
To get the system up and running, event organizers installed DIY CO₂ monitors
throughout the Michael Fowler Centre venue before conference doors opened on
November 6. Attendees were able to check a public online dashboard for clean
air readings for session rooms, kids’ areas, the front desk, and more, all
before even showing up. "It’s ALMOST like we are all nerds in a risk-based
industry," the organizers wrote on the convention’s website.
"What they did is fantastic," Jeff Moss, founder of the Defcon and Black Hat
security conferences, told
WIRED. "CO₂ is being used as an approximation for
so many things, but there are no easy, inexpensive network monitoring solutions
available. Kawaiicon building something to do this is the true spirit of
hacking."”
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
