Talk given at BSides Cape Town (Cape Town) - 06 December 2025
Original Abstract
Take the cheapest quad-copter drone I could find, hack it and try fly it with my own software, because how hard could it be?
Curious about how these “drones” work? Want to hear from an expert in crashing them? Interested in reverse engineering hardware? This is the talk for you!
This talk has it all:
- Cheap Electronics
- Reverse Engineering
- Code, lots of code.
- A splash of AI (to keep marketing happy)
- Lots and lots of crashes
I’ve crashed and sacrificed the drones so that you don’t have too.
See also
Building Miss Duckworth - Escape 2024
A physical AI powered rubber duck
I can see clearly now - Adding vision to a rubber duck - DataConf 2024
Adding better vision capabilities to my AI Robot Rubber Duck, Miss Duckworth.
Ducking Duck - Rubber Duck 2.0 - DevConf 2024
Building an AI powered robot rubber duck
Downgrading an EZViz CS-CV216-A0-31EFR IP Camera
Adding RTSP and ONVIF support back to an IP camera
Building a TV Network
Building a TV Network - BSides Cape Town 2023
