Empowering cybersecurity professionals to build, tinker, hack, and experiment through the sustainable reuse of computing hardware.

The National Upcycled Computing Collective, Inc. (NUCC) breathes new life into thrown-out computing equipment. We empower **future cybersecurity professionals** to build, tinker, hack, and experiment through the **sustainable reuse of computing hardware**.

We are based in Fullerton, CA, and currently support student-run cybersecurity clubs across California through mentoring or loaned hardware, including:
- Cyber@UCI (UC Irvine)
- Offensive Security Society (CSU Fullerton)
- Cyber@UCR (UC Riverside)
- Claw Command (CSU Los Angeles)
- Slug Security (UC Santa Cruz)
- Cyber Security Club at UC Davis (UC Davis)
- CSULB Cybersecurity Club (CSU Long Beach)
- Cyber and Intelligence Security Organization (CSU San Bernardino)
- Layer 8 (CSU Northridge)

We also provide hardware loans and donations nationwide on a case-by-case basis. NUCC began as an operation to support distributed computing research projects that required significant computing power (e.g., Folding@home, Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) and eventually used upcycled computing equipment to support hands-on cybersecurity education through the deployment of upcycled cyber ranges. NUCC-sourced equipment has also been used to support different creative projects featured at DEF CON, such as the S.O.D.A. (Shell On Demand Appliance) Machine. 

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