Wi-Fi Robot Guard Dog
PaulHolman and EricJohanson from the ShmooGroup have built a wifi enabled robot guard "dog" for display at DefCon (picture)... and apparently eventual sale. Freaking cool, go guys.
"The point of the hacker robot is that it can become an autonomous hacker droid," said Paul Holman, the robot's co-designer, who demonstrated it for the first time at the DefCon hacker convention here. "It can get in close to the network. On the offensive side, it can be used for corporate or political espionage. On the defensive side, it can be used for network vulnerability assessment."
More ShmooGroup coverage of the annual capture the flag contest (though I think that's Bob in the picture not Pravir):
"Hackers BrucePotter, left, and PravirChandra participate in a computer hacking competition during Saturday's DefCon conference at the Alexis Park."
It's so lame I moved to NewZealand and didn't get to go this year. 