| Joe Grand |
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Joe Grand is an American electrical engineer, inventor, and hardware hacker, known in the hacker community as Kingpin. He achieved mainstream popularity with the release of Prototype This, a Discovery Channel television show.[2] He is also president of Grand Idea Studio,[3] a San Francisco-based research and development firm. Grand has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs regarding government and homeland computer security under his internet handle, Kingpin.
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Grand has been involved in electronics since the age of seven. He was a member of the Boston, Massachusetts-based hacker group L0pht Heavy Industries. He is also the sole proprietor of Kingpin Empire, an apparel project that gives back to the community through charitable donations. Grand has authored two books, and is on the technical advisory board of MAKE Magazine. He also holds a B.S.E.E. from Boston University. Other activities include exhibiting hardware as art in a San Francisco gallery[4] and designing the electronic badges for DEFCON 2006,[5] 2007,[6] 2008,[7] and 2009.[8]
[edit] References
Hackers school next generation at DEFCON Kids on 24.06.2011
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