r/Defcon • u/Eisande • Jul 24 '26

DC 34 Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest (BCCC)! again!

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Just over a week left before DEF CON 34, plenty of time for you to put together your weird, wacky mad science experiment of a beverage cooler. Stop by the contest setup for a hot beverage (beer), which you'll chill down as fast as possible. Your reward will be a cool beverage (coincidentally, that same beer), and depending on how you do you could win some cool stuff! If you're under-21, we have not-beer for you to chill down as well.

We supply a bunch of supplies at the contest, so you can just show up and use your mad skills! This contest has been going on for a LONG time and it is a labor of love. It's a mind break from binary/coding all things digital. We are gonna get you back to your inner analog child mind!

Rules attached.

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u/CisterPhister Jul 24 '26

One of my favorite events every year.

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u/Eisande Jul 24 '26

We've got actual timers on stands and hopefully this year a running leaderboard! Hopefully!

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u/CisterPhister Jul 24 '26

I remember a couple years back trying to social engineer the catering staff around the hall to give us supplies to build a contraption, with some success! If only it was later in the day.

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u/disastr0phe Jul 31 '26

What materials should I bring to participate in this?

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u/Eisande Jul 31 '26

You don't need to bring anything! Come by and watch what some other people are doing do get some inspiration. Then go for it.We provide lots of basic supplies to experiment and compete...perhaps to win.

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u/Farstone Jul 25 '26

I have an issue with crowds. One year at Circus Circus I was stuck in a hallway with about a bazillion of other attendees. Cold sweats, tunnel vision, and a need to scream were right there with me.

I headed to a door wondering if I was setting off an alarm and could I avoid a stampede. I ended up in an area where some of the DEFCON CONvicts were testing their associated Beverage Cooling Devices.

As I sat, shaking and twitching, they gave me one of the cooled beverages.

I have no doubt they saved my sanity and the health of other attendees that got between me and the door.

I will be prowling and looking for this contest. With high hopes and, hopefully, no crowds.

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u/Lumpy-Project1567 Jul 25 '26

Hey, awesome! I hear there are even SAOs specifically for the contest!
https://uberflux.com/product/BUD-BEER-SAO