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Smart Parking Meters

Smart Parking Meters

Throughout the United States, cities are deploying “smart” electronic fare collection infrastructures. In 2003, San Francisco launched a $35 million pilot program to replace approximately 23,000 mechanical parking meters with electronic units that boasted tamper resistance, payment via smart card, auditing capabilities, and an estimated $30 …

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Events

12 Apr

Black Hat Europe 2010 Briefings and ...

Hotel Rey Juan ...
Barcelona, Spain

Joe Grand will conduct his two-day “Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques” training course and present “Hardware is the New Software,” a look into how hardware hacking is changing the computer security industry.

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Joe Grand Becomes Columnist for Nuts & Volts Magazine

Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio has signed on as a columnist with Nuts & Volts magazine for 2010. Joe will be writing a series of technical articles on topics including hobbyist projects, creating the DEFCON badges, and his experiences as a co-host of Discovery Channel’s Prototype This. [ continue ]

Press

Exotic Liability

Double Stuffed w/ Joe Grand

Government Computer News

Old hacks never die, ...

USA Today

Security chip that does ...

CNET News

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