Mexico Vs Brasil ... #Ochoa

What game the Mexican team played. They denied Brasil of any goals and also made some good conter attacks. Even after following team Brasil I couldn't deny Mexican great game. The goal keeper Ochoa was just ow-some today. It was Ochoa's day today in this match. Every thing went good for him. :-)
 I am beginning to doubt Brasil team capabilities as Croatia also played great against them.

Null Hardware Badge 101 (Desi Jugaad)

Hi Friends,

I am giving talk in NullCon 2014, Goa about Null Hardware Badge 101.

We have created the first Hardware Badge for NullCon.

Checkout http://nullcon.net/website/goa-14/speakers/amey-and-umesh.php for talk details.

I will be posting more techincal details and information about the Atmega8 Badge and its working here afterwards.

Thanks

:-)

Talk @ Nullcon

I am giving talk at Nullcon 2012 (Hackers and Security Conference - www.nullcon.net)

Microcontroller has got my attention in these some days and I am trying to work micro-controller for various projects.

Here is abstract of my talk that would be in NullCon 2012

--- Teensy for Fun and Jugaad ---

Lots of people might have already came across the Teensy USB development board.

If not then Teensy is usb development board which contains microcontroller from the ATMEGA family. This development board has built in USB connectivity to interface with PC.

It is currently famous for its ability to act as USB Keybord and Mouse and send commands as per preprogrammed in its microcontroller. Talks are being given in security conferences worldwide (like defcon / blackhat) demonstrating how Teensy can be programmed and used as attack vector in Penetration Testing.

But opposite to the trend this paper will NOT show teensy as attack vector. But it will show using Teensy as Interfacing circuit. This talk will present an idea to Control PC Applications as well as control mouse through TV Remote Control.

This talk will demonstrate IR Receiver Circuit with Teensy and will give brief idea about some other interfacing possible using the Teensy Development board. The circuit itself is very simple. Talk will also show how this circuit can be used with most of the TV remote just by changing small code in the program

Giving Training at NullCon

Well I am giving Talk at NullCon in the Desi Jugad (Indian Hack) Section.
I would also be giving training under the Hardware village section
Here are some details of the training program

Event Name: Teensy Village

About the village:

Teensy village is basically to get idea about the Teensy (Microcontroller Development Board) and stuff that can be done with Teensy. This village would be tending more towards the hardware side as well as interfacing. Basic electronics knowledge would be a great help while starting this village. Never fear if you have very less electronics knowledge depending upon the overall public we can take little bit basic electronics knowledge also. We will keep hands on approach to give information about Teensy.

On day 1 we will learn about Basics of Teensy and IDE setup on Day 2 we will have advance course in Teensy about interfacing it with electronics components, electronics input and output, Use Teensy to send Keyboard and Mouse events to PC.

Who Should Attend:

Day 1: People who are New to Teensy, New to Microcontrollers or People who want to attend Day 2, As in day one we will take basics as well as setup Development Environment for Teensy also.

Day 2: People who want to learn more than software programming of teensy, hardware interfacing, more fun modules which can be interfaced.

Village Content:

Day 1: Basics of Teensy

- What is Teensy

- Details of Teensy Development Board

- Teensy Loader and HID Listen (Debug purpose)

- Using Teensyduino : Addon for Arduino IDE

- Basic Programs with Teensyduino

Day 2: Advanced Teensy

- Using Teensy as USB serial device

- Interfacing basic electronic components with Teensy

- Working with electronic input / output in Teensy

- Using Teensy to send Keyboard and Mouse events to PC

Where is the Spark in Students ?

Recently visited a college and had chance to give a guest lecture regarding ethical hacking to the Masters Degree Students.

I didnt wanted the lecture to be just one way communication. So asked some questions regarding the networking. But sadly no student had correct understanding of basics of network communication. They didnt answered simple questions like explanation of the TCPIP 3 Way Handshake.

Well I told them importance of the basic knowledge. I was taken aback when the students didnt came across the basic questions like how does things happen in the background when we type a URL e.g. www.yahoo.com in browser and till the yahoo.com page is displayed in the browser. There was a silver line to the cloud but, After lecture was finished students asked me to explain what what steps are there when we type URL in browser. I explained that to them. But I felt bad nobody had that spark. I dont know if it is because of the students mindset or how they are being taught. If student dont have this kind of basic knowledge and mindset to know how things worked it is a sad thing.

When I asked what type of projects are they doing , are they trying to take any requirements from a real life scenario and then built projects on them it was not there.

I think it is very much important to do atleast one good and technically strong project in the college days. But normally students just try to get old project reports and make little bit change in database fields and submit the project. But when student go on to give job interview none of these project will help them. Thats why I think at-least one different , strong project should be done. Well if I am seeing a resume of a fresher what are the things which will attract me most ?

It is the projects done by him and any certifications done by him.

Sadly students are only interested to just complete some project for the sake of it. Which is not good in the long term for the student.

Something should be done to change students mindset. I am going to discuss this offline further with others if anything could be done in this regard.

Cold in Mumbai -2

Today the cold seems little bit more. Today I had wear my sweater. There was chilli wind in the Train. So I did put sweater for the first time. Biggest problem in the morning is of BATH. My portable cylinder is not re-filled from lots of days. On weekends the stock of the cylinder in all the shops is empty. In weekdays I dont come back from office before the shop closes. So early in the morning I have to Bath with the COLD water .... hu hu hu, just thinking of that cold water gives me chils. Just thinking of this situation in the morning I remember the saying that Money Cant Buy you Everything. Thats right money couldnt buy me the time to go and refill the cylinder. Every morning when I go to bath I have to collect corouge to pour COLD water on myself. Some time I am just sitting there in bathroom for 5 minuts fighting with mind to pour some that cold water on myself. Always the first thought comes in to my mind is Skipping the BATH. I always think I should Dry Clean myself ;-) . 
But not  taking  a Bath also dont feels good, so after some time fighting to collect corrage pour water I complete my Bath. 
So morning bath is  the only thing I dont enjoy in this cold weather.

Cold In mumbai

Mumbai had Cold weather from last two weeks. People say that this is height of cold in lots of year. I heard on radio that in 1963 the cold was on its lowest that was 7 °C.
Its feeling good though. As we never used to have cold in mumbai in lots of years people have started buying sweaters and shawls. I daily take my sweater with me to the office but still havent wear it. I take sweater with me keeping in mind that if I felt much cold then I will wear it. But I reach office daily carrying sweater on my shoulders and not weating it. I leave home early in the morning (around 7 am) then also I haven't feel necessity to wear the sweater yet. I only wear a cap, I think only my head is more sensitive to the cold :) So the sweater goes daily from my home and hangs on my office chair. Then again goes to home and hangs their. :)
Last week when I had visited my home town it was more colder than mumbai. My home town had temperature of 8 °C when I was there.
Now at this point I am thinking why I am writing this all stuff ??? who is going to read it ??? I think I am writing this to spill some thoughts of mind in the digital world :-) ??? Do I care about who reads it ?? I dont think think some one will read my blog. Atleast till I dont become a millionior in one night. So in the rearest possibility of some one reading this leave a comment that you have read this stuff.