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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part I

Thanks to DCist - http://tinyurl.com/5spogg - I got inspired to rip apart an extra SmarTrip card I had lying around for when friends/family visit me in the D.C. area. Unfortunately for them, they will now have to buy the day-long pass until I am done playing! To start, today I took the extra card and soaked it in acetone for about an hour and after that time I was able to rip off the initial plastic of the card. After that hour-long of soaking you'll find the card becomes very flexible and if you attack the corners with tweezers you'll eventually realize the 3 layers of the card. The face of each side should peel off rather easily, although a minute amount of force is required. See the Flickr set here: http://tinyurl.com/6ck5q5 If you take a look at the images you'll see that all of the electronics (controller, antenna) are now exposed and we can start to play. My girlfriend just handed me a Faraday flashlight with a GIANT coil of magnet wire inside of it, so now we're working on extracting that wire to use as the antenna for the smarTrip's microcontroller. More to come...

Thnks for the article

Hey that’s very interesting. I want to hear more from you. What is update on hacking the card? From this year the cards are being used a mandatory. So a hack will be a great idea. I am waiting to hear more from you. Let me know when u is done with it.
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

The way I understand the SmartTrip cards new bins is that the first bin will hold your SmartBenefits transit dollars (be they employer supplied or pre-tax), the 2nd bin will hold your SmartBenefits parking dollars (be they employer supplied or pre-tax), and the 3rd bin will be general cash

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  • By Anonymous at 10/29/2009 - 7:47am
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

I'd like to know how to incorporate the RFID into a set of brass knuckles so I can use the same device to ride metro and bludgeon the morons who stare at the smartrip machines like the monolith from 2001.

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  • By Anonymous at 10/28/2009 - 7:46am
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

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  • By Anonymous at 10/05/2009 - 7:36am
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

How about a system-wide free exit for the station of entry within a given time window? This would be especially useful in the event of delays without having to get special permissions from the station manager. Also good those times when you forget something.

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  • By Anonymous at 08/17/2009 - 9:01am
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

It would be really handy to have a SmarTrip implant in my wrist, or in my finger. It would also be fun, and much less invasive, to integrate the Smart Card into a watch. Would a metal watch band make an acceptable antenna?

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  • By Anonymous at 08/08/2009 - 6:06am
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I BROKE MY SMARTRIP CARD BACK IN OCT. I GOT 2 SLIPS OF RECEIPTS. WITH NO#. I HAVE NOT RECIEVED A REPLACEMENT CARD AS YET. I HAD OVER A 50.00 CREDIT ON THIS CARD. PLEASE TELL ME WHY THAT I HAVEN'T RECIEVED A REPLACEMENT CARD AS YET.

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  • By Anonymous at 07/26/2009 - 12:53am
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

Wow … very creative idea for hacking smar trip. An effort to reduce fraud and waste, Metro announced in last year that it would be eliminating paper transfers effective from 2009. All riders who wish to take advantage of reduced-fare transfers will be required to pay using SmarTrip. I never thought that it would be possible to hack smartrip also!

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  • By Anonymous at 07/20/2009 - 9:18pm
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

I might add that the attempt above at transplanting failed when I took it to the Columbia Height Station. I had another SmarTrip card with me which did work. I did take a quick 30sec video of the normal one working and the transplant failing, but I haven’t put it up yet.

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  • By Anonymous at 07/13/2009 - 6:09am
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

This is a good idea (assuming the SmartTrip technology is compatible with the existing Student ID technology, since I assume that students still use their IDs for the dining halls, dorm entry, etc). I hope they are able to find a different funding source, because the SGA President was probably correct in arguing that it should not be paid using funds from the student activities fee.

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  • By Anonymous at 07/03/2009 - 10:50pm
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Hacking the SmarTrip - Part

I might add that the attempt above at transplanting failed when I took it to the Columbia Height Station. I had another SmarTrip card with me which did work. I did take a quick 30sec video of the normal one working and the transplant failing, but I haven’t put it up yet.

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  • By Anonymous at 06/27/2009 - 8:58am
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I am starting a project based

I am starting a project based on Smart Clothing @ HacDC - if anyone is interested please e-mail me if you haven't done so already. The goal is going to be to raise money to buy a machine that the DC community could use and are in need of. (Something of the 'techshop' variety)

Cheers,

  • By Q (not verified) at 07/22/2008 - 11:14am
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You were much more methodical

You were much more methodical in dismantling yours than I was. :) If you're interested in bringing yours to HacDC one of these evenings, let me know and I'll come by with mine too.

  • By katie (not verified) at 07/21/2008 - 4:07pm
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Hey, this is Tom Lee, the guy

Hey, this is Tom Lee, the guy who wrote that DCist post. Just wanted to say that I'm glad someone is picking up the gauntlet and doing more work on the SmarTrip. I'll be curious to see what you find out. I've thought about it a lot over the years, but haven't been willing to splurge on an RFID devkit.

I've been following HacDC and dropped by your equipment drive; I'm hoping to make it to at least one of your upcoming inaugural events. I'll try to catch you there.

  • By Tom (not verified) at 07/20/2008 - 6:32pm
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