Noisebridge Hackers Build Open Tools to Bypass Corporate Device Locks

Noisebridge黑客开发开源工具绕过企业设备锁定 消费者必须用开源代码和去中心化Mesh网络取代专有固件，以重新夺回隐私并打破企业对设备的控制。 在旧金山经历一次车辆盗窃事件后，Gamers Nexus在当地黑客Weezy的带领下探访了由志愿者运营的Noisebridge创客空间。此次参观涵盖了广泛的民间项目，从运行Coreboot且经历大量魔改升级的“忒修斯之船”ThinkPad笔记本，到由双Nvidia Titan V服务器驱动、摆满回收芯片的电子实验室。在整个探访过程中，主持人考察了去中心化无线电装置、Fulu基金会对抗DMCA第1201条的法律诉讼，以及由大量啤酒瓶构成的标志性LED矩阵等装置。此次探访最终聚焦于开源硬件追踪、隐私威胁模型，以及如何从企业看门人手中重新夺回设备所有权的讨论。 Noisebridge成立于2007年，是旧金山一家由志愿者运营的非营利性黑客空间，在没有任何受薪员工的情况下，向公众社区开放高温3D打印机、激光切割机、CNC铣床和电子维修设备的使用权。 (5:06) Fulu基金会正资助研究悬赏以挑战DMCA第1201条，目标直指那些在法律上阻止消费者改装、维修或完全拥有其所购电子产品的数字锁定技术。 (3:39) Gamers Nexus与Noisebridge成员提议将去中心化的Meshtastic或Meshcore追踪芯片集成到笔记本电脑机身内，以便通过屋顶无线电中继器实现低功耗三角定位，且不留企业后门。 (18:42) 现场展示了一台深度硬件改装的2013款ThinkPad T430，它被改装为USB-C充电接口，并直接将开源的Coreboot/SeaBIOS固件刷入了主板芯片。 (9:20)

Following a vehicle burglary in San Francisco, Gamers Nexus explores Noisebridge, an anarchist makerspace where members use open-source firmware, salvaged silicon, and decentralized networks to reclaim hardware ownership from corporate ecosystems. Noisebridge's Structure and Right-to-Repair Advocacy (0:00) Established in 2007 at 272 Capp Street in San Francisco, Noisebridge operates as a volunteer-run nonprofit without paid staff, funding itself through donations and suggested tool-use fees. The space provides access to expensive machinery like 3D printers, laser cutters, and a woodshop whose costly ventilation system previously strained the organization's finances. Governance relies on weekly consensus meetings on Tuesdays, while upstream internet connectivity is provided by independent local ISP Monkeybrains, enabling on-site server hosting. Reclaiming Hardware Through Firmware and Modifications (9:20) The collective's approach to device longevity is exemplified by the "laptop of Theseus," a 2013 Lenovo ThinkPad T430 continually upgraded with modern RAM, solid-state storage, a new display panel, and an internal USB-C charging port. To bypass proprietary control, the owner replaced the stock BIOS with open-source Coreboot and SeaBIOS firmware by physically attaching a hardware flasher directly onto the motherboard chip. This focus on device autonomy aligns with legal advocacy promoted in the video, such as the Fulu Foundation's campaign against Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which criminalizes circumventing digital locks on hardware like game consoles. Salvaged Silicon and Localized Computing Infrastructure (13:55) Noisebridge serves as an intermediate buffer between useful technology and the scrapyard, repurposing discarded hardware that visitors donate. Its electronics lab houses multimeters, oscilloscopes, and bins of older components, including DDR2 and DDR3 memory alongside older GPUs like the Kepler-generation GTX Titan and GTX 1080. For heavier workloads, such as training local AI code and video models, the lab runs a local Ubuntu half-cabinet server equipped with two Nvidia Titan V graphics cards, which the hosts note provides more raw compute power for their specific tasks than a stock Apple M4 Max system. Decentralized Tracking and Practical Operational Security (11:52) Spurred by thefts where high-end laptops like an ASUS Scar 16 end up dismantled overseas for parts, the creators discussed decentralized anti-theft tracking alternatives. Rather than relying on commercial trackers tied to cloud subscriptions and telemetry, members proposed embedding Meshtastic or Meshcore radio hardware inside laptop chassis to triangulate location through local rooftop mesh nodes. Regarding broader digital privacy, Noisebridge members who research RFID and NFC vulnerabilities argue that security depends less on specific consumer gadgets and more on disciplined personal behavior—such as using Tails OS for high-risk work while maintaining a minimal profile in everyday life. Creative Hacking and Physical Installations (26:38) The facility features installations that blend technical experimentation with public art, including a long-standing display known as "Flaschen Taschen." The installation repurposes an estimated 45-by-35 grid of empty beer bottles inside milk crates into a low-resolution matrix driven by a Raspberry Pi, accepting user-submitted animations through a public GitHub repository. Other projects throughout the shop include laser-cut art illustrating the Quake III Arena fast inverse square root algorithm, Bash fork bomb code, and networked Raspberry Pi stations that trigger real-time LED sequences whenever a patron donates. While Noisebridge demonstrates viable technical paths for repairing aging hardware and running independent infrastructure, its community-driven model relies entirely on volunteer upkeep and donations, which constantly balance the space between a functional research workshop and an overburdened salvage yard.

[11:52] Security is less about the tools that we use and more about what we do with them. [11:52] shut the [fuck] up [11:52] one eye open, one eye closed [13:55] Disney for nerds. [13:55] Power port sucks. [16:48] a cult in San Francisco [18:42] he would never have to steal again. [21:55] We're called Noisebridge, so we don't give a [expletive] about noise. [28:20] don't cut your fingers.

[0:00] In our quest to take back our [0:01] electronics and bring technology back to [0:03] a time when it was less [0:05] dire. I'm trying to trying to get a kid [0:07] to do long division right now. Basic [0:09] math is is being forgotten. [0:11] >> [music] [0:11] >> Um doesn't matter. That's my question [0:13] for you. Yeah, I don't think it does. [0:16] I don't think it does. We visited [0:17] nonprofit Noisebridge, a hacker and [0:19] maker space in San Francisco. [0:21] >> He can do anything. I can't do anything. [0:24] >> You can find anything. [0:25] >> You know when people say like I know a [0:26] guy? [0:27] >> [laughter] [0:30] >> That invited us in when they saw us [0:31] literally wandering around in the drug [0:33] markets of San Francisco to try and find [0:36] our that was stolen from us when [0:38] our car was broken into earlier this [0:40] year. [0:42] We never found our stuff, but we did [0:45] find [music] this guy, Weezy. [0:47] loved the documentary. I was in [0:48] Hong Kong when you did that [0:50] >> Were you, really? [0:52] Noisebridge? [0:52] >> Anarchist hacker space. [0:53] >> We'd never met. He walked up to us on [0:56] the street while we were watching the [0:57] cops bust one of the vendor stalls for [0:59] stolen goods. We took the opportunity to [1:02] walk a few blocks and learn more. [1:04] [music] [1:04] >> What what are some examples of like [1:05] stuff that you've built or done in here? [1:07] Like what's Run me through some of the [1:09] stuff you've done. [1:10] >> I did like a [1:11] long-range RFID reader using one of the [1:14] garage HID reader thing. [1:17] Put a couple 18650 cells in there and [1:19] like can basically pick up a badge from [1:21] like 12-14 inches away. So if I have it [1:23] in a backpack, [1:24] um [1:25] could scan people's cards. Um [1:28] got a lot of people here that have done [1:29] presentations that talk about NFC, RFID, [1:33] security. We've got a lot of security [1:34] nuts here for sure. A lot of privacy [1:35] people. [1:36] >> It wasn't our itinerary, but I learned [1:38] from a reporter local to the scene long [1:40] ago, Gordon, that sometimes it's just [1:42] better to see where the story takes you. [1:45] And Weezy brought us in to learn about [1:47] all the ways you can decentralize your [1:49] life from the mega corporations that run [1:51] everything with a technology focus. We [1:54] learned a lot while there. [1:56] >> Welcome to the electronics room. We have [1:58] everything here from oscilloscopes to [2:01] logic analyzers. [2:02] >> So, it's fast inverse square root from [2:04] Quake III Arena. [2:06] >> Okay. [2:07] >> [laughter] [2:07] >> You put that into a shell that [2:10] overwhelms the computer with processes. [2:12] >> So, this is bash code that defines a [2:15] function. The function is named colon, [2:16] which makes it It's meant to be like as [2:18] terse and hard to interpret as possible [2:20] just for like the aesthetic of it. This [2:22] is the the canonical naming is the [2:23] colon. [2:24] >> I like just barely started trying to [2:26] make a single board computer using a Pi [2:29] Pico. [2:29] >> But, the biggest thing we learned is [2:31] that the community is growing for this [2:32] kind of thing. Even in spite of how AI [2:34] companies and memory companies have made [2:36] DIY PCs impossible to afford. We got a [2:39] box full of RAM. [2:41] >> What? [2:42] >> What? That should be behind a locked [2:44] door. [2:44] >> of the best things about this space is [2:46] all of the character everywhere. For [2:48] example, this firewall solution. With [2:51] just a pair of scissors, you can [2:52] activate the firewall and make sure damn [2:55] near nobody gets in. Or, if you're doing [2:57] a soldering project, they have basically [2:59] every small part you could need. There's [3:01] lots of random resistors or capacitors [3:03] or surface mount devices and plenty of [3:05] other cool things just scattered around. [3:07] It's encouraging to see how many people [3:09] want to learn more about taking [3:11] ownership of not only their services, [3:13] but their electronics. And this is part [3:15] of a series we're producing about truly [3:17] taking back control over your devices. [3:19] In this tour of the Noisebridge Maker [3:21] and Hacker space, which is open to the [3:23] public, we hope to share some [3:25] inspiration to find or create spaces [3:28] like this near you to help spread [3:30] knowledge of decentralization, [3:32] owning your technology, and fighting [3:34] back against the corporations that are [3:35] trying to license and rent you [3:37] everything instead of sell it to you. [3:39] This is Noisebridge. Before that, this [3:42] video is brought to you by Louis [3:43] Rossmann's Fulu Foundation and killing [3:46] the DMCA section 1201. That's right. He [3:49] paid for this ad spot specifically so I [3:52] could say the DMCA. I would have [3:55] done it for free. We just went on tour [3:56] with Louis's Fulu Foundation. Fulu is a [3:59] proponent of owning your own and [4:01] paying bounties to unlock devices like [4:03] the PS5 as corporations make it harder [4:05] than ever to do so. Fulu's bounties for [4:07] cybersecurity researchers to unlock [4:09] devices that are locked behind [4:11] artificial walls. Thanks to the Digital [4:13] Millennium Copyright Act Section 1201, [4:15] it's a criminal act to circumvent [4:17] digital locks. Fulu needs your help to [4:19] build the grassroots coalition of [4:21] hardware enthusiasts to ensure [4:23] governments are informed about [4:24] technology and how it actually works. To [4:27] get involved, join Fulu's Zulip chat [4:29] server and learn about how to contact [4:31] representatives so that we can all work [4:33] together to actually change the laws. [4:35] Likewise, visit the Consumer Rights Wiki [4:37] to document with evidence instances of [4:39] the bad and anti-consumer actions of [4:41] companies which Fulu can use as evidence [4:43] when speaking with lawmakers about [4:45] change. The Consumer Rights Wiki is [4:47] linked below. If you felt like ownership [4:49] rights have gotten worse but haven't [4:51] known how to make that better, now is [4:53] the time to get involved and take [4:54] action. With enough people, we can get [4:56] laws passed to protect consumers or in [4:58] the worst case, at least get some [4:59] bounties up to support unlocks of [5:01] devices. Check the links below to get [5:04] involved and change things for the [5:05] better. You want to lead the way in? [5:07] Come on in. [5:10] >> So, we built our access control system [5:11] here in the to this payphone. [5:13] Punch in the code, hear the beep, and [5:15] push the door. [5:17] Welcome to Noisebridge. This is like [5:19] Steve said, an anarchist hacker space. [5:22] Uh, it's a volunteer-run nonprofit so [5:23] everything that you see here is donated. [5:25] Nobody works here. We just work to keep [5:27] this place alive. [5:29] Uh, it is not free by any means but we [5:30] work hard to keep it free for those who [5:32] can't afford to access things like 3D [5:34] printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, [5:37] sewing machines, music equipment, [5:39] soldering irons. Come on in. [5:42] Let me show you the first room. [5:43] >> Okay. [5:44] >> 3D printers. [5:48] >> [snorts] [5:48] >> Then we got [5:50] >> Yes, we got the fancy proprietary and [5:52] shitified 3D printers. It's [5:55] certification. You know what? You just [5:57] give it the STL, it just shits it out. [6:00] >> Yeah, I see the you've got the AMS and [6:01] then you have the high temp I guess that [6:03] the HT or TPU. [6:05] >> Yep, yep, yep. [6:06] >> Do people just um [6:08] come through and print as they need for [6:10] projects? Okay. [6:11] >> And we ask people to donate based on it. [6:13] So if you use the 3D printers, please [6:15] donate anywhere from $2 to $6 depending [6:17] on how much you can do. [6:19] Some people don't have money, but they [6:20] have filament. And you get filament. [6:22] >> It's a great process. [6:22] >> What's kind of the layout? You have two [6:24] floors. [6:25] >> Yes, downstairs is mostly the fabbing [6:26] area. [6:27] >> Do you ever use any of the uh [6:29] fabrication tools or you more upstairs? [6:31] >> I'm definitely a Verilog developer. [6:35] >> [laughter] [6:36] >> I definitely write CUDA kernels. [6:41] Welcome to the upstairs area. [6:43] That's our old building right there. [6:44] >> Oh, really? Okay. [6:46] >> Don't tell the landlord this, but we did [6:47] slide some of the things through here [6:48] when we were moving. [6:50] Uh-huh. [6:51] >> Like from one side to the other? [6:52] >> Yep. [6:53] >> sick. [6:55] >> We didn't break anything though. [6:57] >> To do a [6:59] >> little ramp. [7:00] >> Ramp? [laughter] [7:00] >> Yeah, it's a little ramp here. [7:02] >> That's awesome. The art on the wall is [7:05] pretty cool. [7:05] >> Fork bomb. Dan Angel, our payment portal [7:08] guy and 3D printing guy, the one that [7:11] you met downstairs, he made this little [7:13] art piece for us. [7:15] It's the fork bomb. [7:16] You put that into a shell, it overwhelms [7:19] the computer with processes. [7:21] >> So this is bash code that defines a [7:23] function. The function is named colon, [7:25] which makes it it's meant to be like as [7:27] terse and hard to interpret as possible [7:29] just for like the aesthetic of it. This [7:31] is the the canonical naming is the [7:32] colon. So it's a function named colon [7:35] and then the function is called two [7:36] times within the body of the function. [7:38] One's piped into the other and then the [7:40] ampersand puts it in the background so [7:42] that it doesn't block and that way [7:45] and over here we invoke the function. [7:47] This is the initial indication and the [7:49] subsequent indications. So it ends up [7:51] calling the exponential [7:54] exponentially growing number of these [7:57] colon functions. So you call one and [8:00] then one calls two and then each one of [8:01] those two calls two two so then it's [8:04] like two to the ends per iteration [8:06] um [8:07] >> And it's supposed to crash your [8:08] computer. [8:09] >> Is that Okay. [8:10] >> I remember I ran it on like a Mac a [8:12] couple years ago and like they rate [8:13] limited forking. So there it was like it [8:16] didn't actually crash anything. [8:17] >> They protected it. Okay. [8:19] >> engineers figured it all out. And then I [8:20] got one that's like basically trying to [8:23] bait some [8:25] tech founder into buying it. It's like [8:26] [laughter] [8:27] >> Oh yeah, show them the locker. [8:28] >> Oh yeah, we got the locker. I was [8:29] accused of locker mogging with this one. [8:32] >> Uh-huh. [8:33] Locker mogging. [8:34] >> Yeah. [8:35] I got to get the [8:37] Okay. So we got [8:38] >> That's sick. [8:39] >> So we got like you know I I got these [8:41] like you know some plywood and it's just [8:43] like rectangles cut on the table saw and [8:46] so it's not even like glued or anything. [8:48] It's just all fit together geometrically [8:49] and we got like the nice slide out [8:51] Raspberry Pi touchscreen. Uh [8:54] with a chrome and then pop-ups and of [8:56] course all my junk is in here. I've got [9:00] I like just barely started trying to [9:02] make a single board computer using a Pi [9:05] Pico. So this is going to have a RJ45 [9:09] jack on it doing 10 megabit half duplex [9:12] ethernet and also like analog video out [9:15] with VGA. It's got some resistor ladder [9:16] on there for that. Um [9:18] >> What was the How long did it take you to [9:20] put it put the locker together the way [9:22] you have it now? [9:23] >> It's a growing project. [9:26] Make it more and more complicated over [9:27] time. That's the whole goal. I got like [9:29] my art stuff up here [9:30] >> the wiki. [9:31] >> various tech stuff [9:32] >> Yeah. [9:32] >> below. Got my LE RGB LEDs. I really love [9:36] these. [9:37] >> Specific LEDs do you like? [9:38] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Great. [9:39] >> Okay. Okay. [9:42] >> All right. So, this is a [9:43] ThinkPad T430. [9:45] >> Okay. [9:45] >> This is the exact one I used in college, [9:47] and I've upgraded it like It's pretty [9:49] nice. So, it's got [9:51] >> USB-C charging. Got that sick sick [9:53] USB-C. [9:55] So, you can just charge it with like a [9:56] normal thing. [9:57] >> What what was the original like uh date [10:00] that you bought the laptop? [10:02] >> Oh, this is probably 2013, like August. [10:04] >> Yeah, but no USB-C yet. [10:06] >> No, no, no. And of course, it's like got [10:08] an upgraded screen, upgraded storage, [10:11] upgraded battery, upgraded uh RAM, [10:13] upgraded CPU. I replaced the BIOS with [10:17] uh SeaBIOS and Coreboot, so it's got [10:19] free open-source firmware. You have to [10:20] like clip onto the motherboard in order [10:22] to flash that. But basically, the only [10:23] original thing here [10:25] is the motherboard and a couple pieces [10:28] of the shell. I've replaced much of the [10:29] shell over the years. So, it's like the [10:31] laptop of Theseus. [10:34] >> I'll show you guys the rest [10:35] >> of the space electrical engineering [10:36] reference manual. [10:37] >> Quick algebra review. Yeah, get in [10:39] there. [10:39] >> 1990. [10:41] >> Nice. [10:43] Real This doesn't change a whole [10:45] lot though, so. [10:46] >> Yeah. [10:47] >> [laughter] [10:47] >> Thank goodness. We got some books here [10:49] on PHP and BOS. [10:51] >> Oh, nice. [10:52] >> BOS. If you know, you know. [10:54] >> BOS. [10:54] >> Come on over. This is our upstairs [10:56] co-working area. So, it's like the [10:58] downstairs one, but it's a little [10:59] cleaner cuz it's upstairs, harder to [11:01] access. People come here to write code, [11:04] um surf the web, do design stuff. We [11:07] have our software infrastructure meet up [11:08] here 7:00 on Mondays. Um [11:11] >> I like your uh artwork. [11:13] >> Yes. Oh, yeah, please. [11:16] Till death do us part. [11:17] >> Oh, was this Is this an original? [11:19] >> Was this an original? [11:20] >> Autographed? [11:20] >> It is original and autographed. [11:23] People were like, "Why are you guys [11:24] putting up pictures of Epstein and [11:26] Trump?" We're like, "It's a good [11:27] reminder." [11:28] >> Here, I see typewriters. That's cool. [11:29] >> Yeah, these are just more like just for [11:31] fun? Load balancing. [11:33] >> [laughter] [11:34] >> Okay. [11:36] >> This is really nothing more than just [11:38] like [11:39] >> display at this point. Yeah. [11:41] >> They're not working. [11:42] >> Ooh, that's an old Cooler Master case. [11:44] Do not hack. So, this is just in use, I [11:47] guess, for someone. [11:48] >> Yeah. I think that's [11:49] That's like a 3D design workstation. [11:52] >> What What are some examples of like [11:53] stuff that you've built or done in here? [11:55] Like, what's Run me through some of the [11:57] stuff you've done. [11:58] >> Built electric unicycles here. [11:59] Self-balancing vehicles. [12:01] >> Okay. [12:01] >> Um [12:03] Um like DIY [12:05] chip projects. I did like a [12:08] long-range RFID reader using one of the [12:11] garage [12:12] >> [snorts] [12:12] >> HID reader things. Put a couple 18650s [12:15] down in there and like could basically [12:16] pick up a badge from like 12-14 inches [12:18] away. So, if I have it in a backpack [12:20] um [12:22] could scan people's cards. Um [12:24] got a lot of people here that have done [12:25] presentations at Def Con about NFC, RFID [12:29] security. You've got a lot of security [12:30] nuts here, for sure. A lot of privacy [12:32] people. Um [12:34] >> Yeah, I think a lot of people don't [12:35] realize how [12:36] >> insecure their systems are. I recently [12:38] watched the new Veritasium video [12:40] on the [12:41] Apple hack the the Apple Pay hack if [12:43] with the [12:45] iPhone with Visa [12:47] Yeah. That was hilarious. [12:49] >> I mean, Flipper was the one that I think [12:51] put that on a lot of people's radar [12:52] originally. [12:53] >> Yeah. I remember when it came out, it [12:55] definitely brought a lot of attention to [12:56] this space and all that stuff. [12:57] >> I was just talking to some people about [12:59] you know, the laptop situation. I was [13:01] like [13:02] I I would like to have some level of [13:04] traceability if it's lost or stolen [13:06] again. [13:07] But then you also don't want to be [13:09] traceable by people you don't want to [13:10] trace you, right? And so, like [13:14] something like [13:15] >> Security is less about the tools that we [13:17] use and more about what we do with them. [13:19] That's what I've come to realize over [13:20] the years. I've [13:22] Um I run Tails OS for many things that [13:24] matter. [13:25] >> Yeah. [13:25] >> Uh also [13:28] use an iPhone and walk on the sidewalk [13:30] like an NPC. [13:31] >> [laughter] [13:34] >> Um, it's less about what's in your [13:37] pocket and more about what you do with [13:39] it. The information that you're putting [13:41] out there. Um [13:43] >> And just the best privacy advice I've [13:45] ever gotten is shut the up. [13:47] >> Yeah, that's [13:47] >> [laughter] [13:48] >> just good advice, too. Yeah. [13:49] >> One eye open, one eye closed. [13:50] >> Yeah. [13:52] It's easy, yeah. And B E J, yeah. [13:54] >> Yeah. [13:55] >> Welcome to the electronics room. We have [13:57] everything here from oscilloscopes to [14:00] logic analyzers and bins with labeled [14:03] HDMI, USB-C, USB micro, mics, things. [14:06] >> Do you do anything in this room? [14:07] >> Yeah, this is where I usually SSH into [14:09] that machine right there that has two [14:12] Titan V GPUs and I do some training on [14:14] there. [14:14] >> Oh, the uh, in the half cab down there? [14:16] >> Yeah, we do like So, we used to have [14:18] circuit hacking Mondays here on Mondays. [14:20] Uh, now we're probably going to turn [14:21] this into like our server room. [14:23] >> What are you running on the [14:25] this cabinet closer to us? [14:26] >> Uh, we're running Ubuntu. [14:28] >> Is it just for people to remote into? [14:30] >> Like, yeah, it's just to be able to [14:31] remote into. We have a couple of local [14:32] models there for like [14:34] code gen and video gen stuff. [14:36] [clears throat] [14:36] >> Soldering stations I see. See some [14:39] analyzers, multimeters, oscilloscopes. [14:43] >> Yep. Ooh, yeah, we got a couple of [14:45] different boxes that are just chilling [14:48] and lying around. [14:49] >> I'm just curious. [14:51] Got a Corsair fan in it. [14:53] >> Mhm. [14:56] >> Mini ITX. [14:57] >> Yeah. [14:59] We got a box full of RAM. [15:01] >> What? [15:02] >> Right? [15:03] >> That should be behind a locked door. [15:04] >> But all the nice RAM is gone. [15:06] >> Yeah. [15:06] >> I wonder what happened to the nice RAM. [15:09] I wonder what happened to the nice RAM. [15:11] >> Yeah. [15:12] >> These are 2 GB sticks. [15:14] >> DDR 3? [15:17] Ooh. [15:17] >> Might be 2. Some of this might be 2. [15:19] >> This is long ancient RAMs. then [15:22] >> Is this an Antec 900 series? Not the [15:25] original 900, but [15:27] >> of switches, too. That's cool. [15:28] >> Yeah, we got a lot of networking [15:30] equipment here. [15:31] >> Yeah. What's like the main use for [15:34] having the the random computer hardware [15:35] parts? You know, how does this stuff, if [15:37] it gets used, how does it normally get [15:38] used? [15:38] >> If anybody wants to grab it and hack on [15:40] it and know how to use it, then go [15:42] ahead. Power [15:45] port [15:46] sucks. [15:47] >> Power port sucks, yeah. [15:49] >> That is some plain English. [15:51] >> Mhm. [15:52] >> I'm curious if [15:52] >> Are those GPUs? Yeah, yeah, go ahead. [15:54] Grab that. I think that's a GPU right [15:55] there. [15:56] >> It is a 700 or 900 series. [15:59] Titan, yeah. [16:00] >> 1080? [16:01] >> No, this would have been [16:03] >> This looks like the original Titan. [16:04] Titans were They were cool cards. [16:06] They're These days, you know, [16:08] comparatively speaking, very low power, [16:09] obviously, but [16:10] >> Mhm. [16:10] >> What the big advantage of some of the [16:12] early Titans was [16:13] uh they had better FP64 double precision [16:17] performance. And video later started [16:19] second gen went and that out [16:21] >> Mhm. [16:21] >> to, you know, force you to pay more for [16:23] it, so [16:24] >> I'm going to put this here for a second. [16:25] I want [16:25] >> Yeah, yeah, go ahead, yeah. Dig in [16:27] there. [16:28] This is Disney for nerds. [16:30] >> Did you [16:31] build your own computer at home? [16:33] >> Yeah. [16:34] >> Yeah, what are you running? [16:35] >> Uh so, right now I'm running a RTX 2070. [16:38] It's a [16:39] lot of LEDs, a lot of funzies. [16:41] >> Yeah, that's it. There's your 1080. [16:44] That's a good card, still. [16:45] >> Yeah, that's the one I was looking at. [16:46] >> Yeah. [16:47] >> We have two Titan Vs in our server right [16:49] now that we're running parallel for like [16:51] still has more flops than like a normie [16:53] M4 Max chip Apple silicon thing. [16:55] >> This is the room I spend the most time [16:57] in at Noisebridge. [16:58] >> Yeah. [16:58] >> I do a lot of FPGA programming. We used [17:02] to have a FPGA meetup here. It was just [17:04] me and one other FPGA dev. [17:06] >> [laughter] [17:06] >> Okay, yeah. [17:07] >> It is really not that many of us. [17:09] >> Just adapters. [17:11] >> Meshtastic. [17:12] >> Oh, yeah. [17:13] >> a lot of Meshtastic nerds at [17:14] Noisebridge. A lot A lot people here [17:15] really love to do messy things. [17:18] >> That's a nice case, 3D printed I guess. [17:20] >> Our sister space in Oakland [17:22] uh it's called sudo room. And they used [17:25] to be part of a decentralized network [17:28] project in the East Bay called sudo [17:29] mesh, which is separate from [17:33] the current meshing that's [17:33] [clears throat] happening, but still [17:35] nonetheless we got a lot of networking [17:37] nerds here, radio nerds. [17:39] Uh I think somebody here the other day [17:41] was playing with a RTL-SDR software [17:43] defined radio thingy. We're just waiting [17:45] to mess [17:46] transmitting transmissions reads of the [17:48] network. [17:49] >> Yeah, lately there's been I feel like a [17:51] lot more interest in decentralized [17:53] networking for people, which is probably [17:55] a good thing at this point. [17:57] >> That's always been a part of the [17:58] Noisebridge culture. We're running on [18:00] um [18:01] local MonkeyBrains network here in the [18:04] city [18:05] and we [18:07] host a lot of our software [18:08] infrastructure and do a lot of our like [18:10] >> Do you have to go through a major [18:12] So is that the What is MonkeyBrains? [18:15] >> MonkeyBrains is a [18:17] little bit more than internet service [18:18] provider. It's a It's a cult in San [18:20] Francisco. [18:21] >> [laughter] [18:21] >> Okay. [18:21] >> It's like the most love beloved [18:23] >> But they are also an ISP? [18:25] >> Yeah, they are the ISP. [18:26] >> Okay. Okay, cool. [18:27] >> We have like four of these around the [18:29] space. [18:30] >> So those are like real-time alerts for [18:32] any kind of donation action that a [18:35] person has taken. And so it's got those [18:37] like addressable RGB LEDs that I really [18:39] like. It's all driven by Raspberry Pis. [18:42] And so there's different LED patterns [18:44] and this is just like a web page. The [18:45] web page shifts JavaScript to the [18:47] Raspberry Pi, which it then evals and [18:49] that drives the LEDs. So that way the [18:51] web page is the source of truth for all [18:53] the code. [18:54] >> Cool. [18:54] >> It's like clean, you know, but not [18:56] secure. [18:56] >> Right. [18:57] >> So it's just shipping, you know, so but [18:59] there's nothing important on the Pi. So [19:01] there's no like Stripe credentials or [19:02] whatever. So it's all good. [19:03] >> All right. [19:04] >> There's also this [19:05] It's like [19:06] >> Oh, nice. [19:06] >> like matrix effect. [19:07] >> Yeah. [19:09] >> Just like lower friction, but also like [19:11] the possess effects. [19:12] >> What was your background before all [19:14] this? [19:15] >> web developer. [19:16] >> Web [laughter] developer? [19:16] >> He's more than a web developer. [19:17] >> he likes to say. [19:18] >> Really, what we need you to do is [19:19] develop something to find my laptops. [19:21] >> You have me on signal. Give me every bit [19:24] of entropy. [19:25] >> Yeah. [19:26] >> He can do anything. [19:27] >> I really can't do anything. [19:28] >> find anything. [19:28] >> I can't find [19:29] >> when people say like I know a guy? The [19:31] guy I know [19:31] >> [laughter] [19:32] >> is the guy I know. [19:34] >> I put stickers on all my laptops, so if [19:36] something happens, they're easy to find. [19:37] >> Yeah, exactly. [19:38] >> So, that's that's the laptop. The other [19:40] one was an ASUS Scar 16. So, whoever I'm [19:44] thinking they're probably going to sell [19:45] that for like [19:46] >> It's probably probably long gone. [19:48] >> It's long gone, but the only thing I'm [19:50] sad about is whoever stole it is [19:52] probably going to get 1/10 of the actual [19:53] value cuz they don't know what they [19:54] have. [19:54] >> know what the they have. [19:55] >> You know, like one of the machines has [19:57] 64 GB of memory in it. Uh [19:59] >> You're retired. [20:00] >> Yeah. [20:01] >> [laughter] [20:01] >> Yeah, like that guy, if he knew what he [20:03] had, he would never have to steal again. [20:07] >> That's true. [20:08] >> Yeah. We got mixed stories. It sounds [20:10] like some of it ends up on the street [20:11] out there. Some of it just goes to [20:13] China, you know, if it's like a locked [20:14] phone or something. [20:16] >> I've seen that before. [20:16] >> Yeah. [20:17] >> Someone stole my phone somewhere like [20:18] Abu Dhabi now. [20:19] >> Yeah, right. Normally, cuz like in [20:21] China, they'll they'll [20:22] >> My phone ended up in Kabul. [laughter] [20:25] >> Cuz they like desolder the parts, you [20:27] know, cuz you can reuse the parts even [20:29] if the phone's locked. The stuff that [20:31] any of us would be paranoid about, like [20:32] the passwords, [20:33] >> Mhm. [20:34] >> I think [20:34] >> Mhm. [20:35] >> that it's it's most likely that they [20:37] just throw that in the trash, but [20:40] obviously, it's not the same. [20:41] >> That's what we can hope for. [20:42] >> That's what we hope for. But, it's the [20:43] most valuable, right? [20:44] >> You know what would be great? Mesh core. [20:46] If you get mesh core in the laptop. [20:48] >> Uh-huh. [20:48] >> Cuz that's like [20:49] >> Mesh core in my laptop [20:51] >> Mhm. [20:51] >> So, it's not like anyone can say like, [20:53] "Oh, subpoena Apple. Give me Steve's you [20:55] know, GPS." It's like if you're within [20:57] the Bay Area mesh network, which is like [20:59] not the best, but it's okay. You might [21:00] be able to ping and see, "Oh, it's next [21:02] to this router." It's like you can [21:04] figure out the the path between two [21:06] nodes and be like, "Oh, it's and you [21:07] basically you could like triangulate it [21:09] more or less. [21:10] >> Um [21:11] >> That would be sick. [21:12] >> So, that's probably that's maybe the way [21:13] cuz it's not like uh you know, a system [21:16] made to like retain data indefinitely. [21:18] >> Right. [21:19] >> It's all and and there's not like one [21:21] centralized uh corporation which you [21:23] just need to subpoena. [21:24] >> Right. [21:25] >> So, it's just like it's random people. [21:26] We have a repeater on our roof. It's you [21:28] know, they're all over the city. So, [21:30] >> Yeah. [21:30] >> that's maybe the way and it's you know, [21:32] pretty low power and it could run off of [21:34] the internal battery. [21:35] >> So, [21:36] >> Ah, yeah. That would be cool. [21:37] >> They're they're like this big. [21:39] >> Right. Yeah. [21:40] >> like [21:40] >> You can fit that in there. [21:41] >> In the chassis. [21:42] >> That's probably the way. That's the [21:43] that's the hacker find. [21:44] >> Mesh core? Yeah. [21:45] >> Mesh core or MeshTastic or something [21:47] like that. [21:47] >> Yeah. Maybe after I buy my replacement [21:49] at some point I'll ping you guys and see [21:51] if we could I'll fly back out and we'll [21:53] build a little project. [21:55] >> We'll definitely do. [21:55] >> Is this stuff you guys built? [21:57] >> No. We brought this machine in here. [21:58] This is killer clean. A 5 V5 arcade [22:02] machine from 1981. [22:03] >> seen this this one before. [22:04] >> We have built arcade machines here and [22:06] arcade tables. [22:07] Um [22:08] one of them is standing right there over [22:09] there facing the corner because it's not [22:11] turned on right now. But this guy is [22:12] turned on. This is a super fun game that [22:14] I played with my friends before. [22:15] >> What else is over here, I guess? [22:17] >> That wrapping this section [22:18] >> If I'm not mistaken, the laser cutter [22:20] filter. [22:21] >> Okay. [22:21] >> Um I think this right here, if I'm not [22:23] mistaken. [22:24] >> Well, I will be mistaken if I say [22:25] anything cuz I don't know what the [22:27] this is. [22:27] >> It's got What is this the laser? [22:29] >> Downstairs is mostly the fabing area. We [22:31] have a huge laser cutter. Come on over. [22:33] This is our most expensive piece of [22:35] piece of equipment. So, we ask people to [22:37] get proper training for it on Sundays [22:39] >> Mhm. [22:39] >> to learn how to operate it. [22:41] >> How do you guys normally get your [22:42] equipment? You just buy it? [22:43] >> Donations. We ask people, hey, do you [22:46] have a laser cutter or a 3D printer that [22:49] you no longer need? Bring it over here. [22:50] >> Right. [22:51] >> Um of course, [22:53] Noisebridge is a very slippery slope to [22:56] becoming an e-waste dump yard. [22:58] >> And and if you uh stole my laptops, so [23:00] can bring them here. [23:01] >> Yeah, bring them here. [23:02] >> And we won't tell him. [23:03] >> Yeah, we won't tell him. I promise. [23:05] >> They'll get it back to me. We won't We [23:06] won't push charges. Everything will be [23:08] cool. [23:09] So. [23:09] >> Make that money together. [23:11] >> [laughter] [23:12] >> People cut [23:13] >> This is cool. [23:13] >> everything from wood to acrylic to [23:15] leather on these. Sometimes they cut [23:17] denim to make clothing and stuff like [23:19] that. But we got all kinds of crazy [23:21] artwork that happens here. [23:22] >> As you can see, our computer chandelier. [23:24] >> Yes. [23:25] >> Yes. That's a classic. That's been here [23:27] since I've been here. [23:28] >> Do you know when this started? [23:30] >> Yes. So, Noisebridge was established in [23:31] 2007. We just had a big welding workshop [23:34] here, and we're trying to reorganize the [23:36] space, trying to reimagine it. [23:38] >> Someone can come through and teach [23:38] welding, I guess. [23:39] >> Yes. [23:40] >> Okay. [23:40] >> People were teaching welding here a [23:41] while back. We have an industrial [23:43] knitting machine right there. That thing [23:44] is huge, and only like two people here [23:47] in the space know how to operate it. [23:48] >> I don't know anything about knitting. [23:49] >> Yeah. [23:50] >> Sewing machine, too, I guess. [23:51] >> Yeah, we got a downstairs sewing machine [23:53] right here. Our upstairs sewing [23:54] facilities are much more [23:57] pampered and [music] well taken care of. [24:01] >> It's not too messy. [24:02] >> Nice. [24:06] This looks like some Nightmare Before [24:08] Christmas. [24:10] >> [laughter] [24:11] >> What would you say, if you were to kind [24:12] of rank the spaces or the types of [24:14] tools, you know, in terms of [24:16] uh, level of use popularity, you know, [24:18] for the community? [24:19] Like, what gets the most used to kind of [24:21] the least? [24:22] >> Oh, I'd probably like say laser cutters, [24:23] 3D printing, sewing. [24:25] In that order. [24:26] >> Which one's the most popular? Cuz we [24:27] like we did that [24:28] >> Woodshop. I can't even I can't rank it [24:31] because [24:32] on its own thing, the whole woodshop [24:34] thing costed us the building that wall [24:36] costed more than everything. Yeah, [24:37] almost bankrupted the whole space more [24:39] than everything else combined. [24:40] >> But you you kind of have to separate it, [24:41] I guess, right? Just for noise and for [24:43] ventilation and [24:44] >> We're called Noisebridge, so we don't [24:46] give a about [24:46] >> [laughter] [24:46] >> noise. But the dust the dust collection, [24:49] we needed that. We needed to get the [24:51] dust out of there. [24:54] Oh, more art on the wall. [24:56] >> I was going to ask. [24:57] >> I know the guy that made it. He's not [24:58] far. [24:59] >> [laughter] [24:59] >> What What is this [25:01] What does it mean? [25:03] >> Tell us what it means. [25:04] >> So, it's fast inverse square root from [25:06] Quake 3 Arena. [25:08] >> Okay. [laughter] [25:09] >> And it's a function that like isn't [25:11] wasn't originally invented for Quake 3 [25:13] Arena, but [25:14] it's famous because the source code was [25:16] available and then people saw these [25:17] comments which were added by some Quake [25:19] 3 developer. [25:20] People like to say it's John Carmack, [25:21] but no one really knows who exactly [25:23] wrote that in there. But if I recall [25:25] correctly, there's a lot of explanations [25:27] online. It's something about So, it like [25:29] loops it through like in and out of [25:32] being floating points and then it has [25:34] this big [25:35] constant here [25:37] and it's basically using like floats [25:40] from a bitwise perspective are their own [25:42] logarithm, something like that. And then [25:44] when you perform integer operations, you [25:45] can [music] you can do things faster [25:47] through all these bitwise hacks. [25:49] >> I just like the evil evil bit level [25:52] hacking. What the [25:53] >> But as far as like this this [25:55] It's laser cut, so it's like eight [25:57] layers of paper and each each color is a [25:59] different depth. [26:00] >> Oh, cool. So, so they stack? [26:02] >> So, yeah, it's all stacked and like each [26:04] hole is like cut through the successive [26:05] layers. [26:07] And then a few of these are around the [26:08] space. [26:08] >> Do you cut that downstairs? [26:10] Very cool. [26:11] >> I think there is like a slight like [26:13] syntactical difference. There used to be [26:15] a space somewhere, maybe. [26:17] >> This is the downstairs co-working area. [26:19] This is where we have our Tuesday [26:20] meetings at 7:00. [26:21] If you want to learn more about [26:22] Noisebridge and Consensus and Excellence [26:25] >> Democracy [26:26] >> Come here at 7:00. This is Flaschen [26:27] Taschen. It is our most iconic project [26:29] today. Very sadly and unfortunately, it [26:31] is not turned on right now because we [26:32] are reprogramming the Raspberry Pi [26:34] putting it in a nice little box. [26:36] >> so is this driven by a Pi? [26:38] >> Yeah, this is driven by Raspberry Pi and [26:40] we have QR codes on the side that link [26:42] to our GitHub that can let you basically [26:46] learn how to push animations to it over [26:48] the network. [26:49] >> What's the origin story for this? [26:51] >> We all got drunk for like 2 weeks, got a [26:54] bunch of beer bottles and put them in [26:55] milk crates. Yeah, that was hilarious. [26:57] >> LEDs [26:58] >> Well over a decade ago, yeah. This is [27:00] This has been here for as long as I've, [27:02] you know, Noise Bridge. [27:03] >> Cool. [27:03] >> Um, it's our most iconic project today. [27:05] It's like kind of symbolizes our space. [27:06] >> Is each milk crate a pixel or is there [27:09] more, uh, more resolution than that? [27:11] >> No, no, no, no. Each bottle is a [27:13] >> a pixel. [27:13] >> Each bottle acts as a pixel, yeah. [27:15] >> If each bottle's a pixel, I think it [27:17] would be It looks like it's maybe like [27:19] 35 by [27:20] >> Yeah, cuz that's [27:21] >> 45 by something. [27:21] >> 45 by 35, yeah. [27:23] Yeah, pretty much, yeah. Tiny little [27:25] display. [27:25] >> What's going on back here? Is that part [27:27] of [27:27] >> Crazy machinery. [27:28] >> SCM or what is [27:29] >> We actually had somebody come and give a [27:31] full presentation on what this machine [27:33] does. [27:34] I don't know exactly what it is, but it [27:35] kind of looks like a tank from the side. [27:38] >> Oh, yeah. [27:40] >> Yeah. [27:40] >> I don't know if it works. I know the [27:41] pump works, but I [27:43] To be honest, it's [27:45] too, uh, too dirty in here to actually [27:47] >> [laughter] [27:48] >> use it in here [27:49] >> Right. [27:50] >> successfully. [27:50] >> Just for education. [27:53] I need maintenance before running. [27:55] >> We got a CNC Roland [27:57] tabletop. [27:58] So, [28:00] if anybody [28:01] sees it and takes initiative to take [28:03] care of it, it gets taken care of, but [28:04] if it doesn't end up in the e-waste dump [28:06] yard, then we're kind of like [28:08] a middle ground between [28:10] tech ending up in e-waste [28:12] >> Yeah. [28:12] >> and junk. [28:13] >> It either gets [28:13] >> Because we're like, like, you know, like [28:15] we come to it like a last resort at [28:16] Noise Bridge, like, "Make it work." Uh, [28:18] we got a lot of nifty hackers here. [28:20] >> For sure that. [28:20] >> Let me show you guys the wood shop. [28:21] Welcome to the wood shop. We have [28:23] everything from drill presses, table [28:25] saws, [28:26] um, [28:27] all kinds of other saws that you can [28:28] use. And remember, it's always excellent [28:30] to use tools that you know how to use. [28:33] Uh, don't cut your fingers. [28:34] >> Right. [28:34] >> We got the ventilation. [28:36] >> Nice. I see the air filtration. [28:38] >> Yep, yep. [28:42] Come on over here. [28:44] Here's our metal shop. [28:46] >> Wow. [28:46] >> Kind of a little bit of a mess, but uh, [28:49] we're going to reorganize it and bring [28:50] it out near the laser cutter near the [28:51] front where you guys saw it. We got [28:52] another drill press and a lathe in [28:55] [music] there. A lathe. [28:55] >> This I've seen stuff like this in a lot [28:57] of the China tooling factories. Like [28:59] >> Yeah. [29:01] Come on over. Welcome to the music room. [29:03] We have guitars, keys, [29:05] electronic drum set. This is also a room [29:08] that we're going to [29:09] >> [music] [29:09] >> continue evolving on and making better. [29:14] >> Thank you for the walk through. [29:16] >> Thank you for coming through and I hope [29:17] you become [29:19] a member of this community and hang out [29:20] with us. [29:21] >> We're we're impressed. It's very cool [29:22] space. [29:24] I'm [29:24] I'm looking forward to seeing more of [29:26] the projects out of here. [29:27] >> Bring your computer and let's do a [29:29] tracker on it that is [29:31] decentralized and floss. [29:33] >> That'd be sick. [29:34] >> And secure and private. [29:37] >> And not part of one giant single entity. [29:39] >> Uh yeah. [29:41] Let's look at the silicon code. [29:44] >> [laughter] [29:45] >> Let's do it. [29:46] All right, that's the tour and we'll [29:48] have links below as always for this [29:50] stuff and otherwise check back for more. [29:53] Thank you for the tour. We'll see you [29:54] all next time. [29:56] >> [laughter] [29:57] >> Cool.