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The Labs Program · Hardware

Devices that arrive already safe.

Most devices arrive empty, and making them safe — and capable enough to run a cyber lab — falls to you. These arrive the other way round: every protection on, the full app image installed, everything the manufacturer requires already licensed and configured, and a manifest telling you exactly what's inside before the box is opened.

Laptop, tablet, phone — take one, take two, or take all three. The same trusted image runs across every device you choose, and the apps are licensed to you, not to each piece of glass you own.

Built for the labs, but not only for them —
a household, a classroom, or a whole organization
runs the same trusted image.

Device manifest

Rev. 1 · draft
ShieldScan · family digital safetyLocked on
Project Exodus · child safetyLocked on
Cyberlab · white-hat training + range clientIncluded
The Whiteboard · adaptive tutorIncluded
EXIT NODE · learning platformIncluded
BB2G University · course libraryIncluded
Family Detective Lab · media literacyIncluded
Fact Guides · civic educationIncluded
TruthMark · civic accountabilityIncluded
Fixable List · app suiteIncluded
LODESTAR · legislative watchIncluded
Harbor · legal-aid intakeOrg tier
·Halo · encrypted commsControlled
·ASIG2 · intelligence platformControlled
Locked-on apps cannot be removed or paywalled — enforcement is strongest on phone and tablet; see how the lock works below. Controlled modules are not on this device — they are available only to qualifying organizations under separate review.

Three things you can check before it ships

Not promises about the device. Facts about it you can verify against the manifest above.

What's on it

Nothing hidden

Every application is listed before purchase. No trialware, no preinstalled software you didn't ask for, no app quietly reporting back.

Where it's from

Known origin

The hardware has a named manufacturer and a documented build. You know who made the machine and who provisioned it before it reached you.

How it connects

Works locally

Devices in a package talk to each other directly. A classroom or an office runs as its own unit rather than routing everything through somewhere else.

Three device classes

Pick the glass. The image stays the same.

Each device does a different job, and each arrives fully provisioned — our apps, the safety core, and everything the manufacturer requires already licensed and set up. Nothing is left for you to install.

Device 01

Laptop

The lab machine.

Runs the sanctioned range, virtual machines, and the full app portfolio. This is the one the Cyber Lab needs — 16 GB of memory, real virtualization, and Linux that actually works.

  • Sanctioned range + VM host
  • Full app image, all tiers
  • Whiteboard, syllabus work, coursework
Device 02

Tablet

The learning surface.

Where reading, note-taking, and coursework actually happen. Pen input, managed enrolment, and the same safety core locked on as everything else.

  • The Whiteboard + BB2G University
  • Fact Guides and civic build work
  • Family Detective Lab for juniors
Device 03

Phone

Where the risk lives.

The device a young person actually carries — and so the one where the safety layer matters most. If only one device in a household is managed, make it this one.

  • ShieldScan doing its real work
  • Project Exodus, locked on
  • Local, device-to-device comms
Beyond the glass

And three ways off it.

The same worlds don't have to stay on a screen. Where a classroom or a household wants it, the image comes off the glass — onto a wall, into a headset, or floating on a desk. We ship what actually works today and say plainly what is still a roadmap. Try it live →

Now

3-D projector

Fill a wall — available today.

Any provisioned device casts a world across a wall or three projectors edge to edge. Real, shipping, and part of the room mode in every learning app. No extra hardware from us — a projector you already have.

Where supported

AR & MR glasses

In the room you're standing in.

On AR-capable phones and MR/passthrough headsets, the world and its guide appear in your actual space through WebXR — no app-store install. The software is built and live; the glasses are your device's, and the mode says so when a device can't do it. We do not sell the headset or pretend one is included.

Real trick · not sci-fi

Holograms

The desk pyramid — honestly.

Hologram mode is the Pepper's-ghost pyramid: set a small acrylic pyramid on the screen and the figure appears to float inside it. That is a real 19th-century optical effect, and it works now. Free-space holography — a figure standing in open air with nothing around it — is not something anyone can ship, and we will not say otherwise.

Seven combinations

One, two, or all three

Take whichever devices fit. The apps are licensed per person — so a learner with all three doesn't pay for the same software three times over. Extra devices add a small provisioning charge, not another licence.

Laptop

Laptop only

The lab machine on its own. The Cyber Lab's minimum.

Tablet

Tablet only

Coursework and civic building. Strong for juniors.

Phone

Phone only

The safety layer where it matters most.

LaptopTablet

Laptop + Tablet

Build on one, learn and read on the other.

LaptopPhone

Laptop + Phone

Lab capability plus the carried device covered.

TabletPhone

Tablet + Phone

A family set without the lab machine.

LaptopTabletPhone

The full set

All three, one licence, one manifest, one safety core across every device.

Best value per device

Pricing is built per person, not per device: hardware and provisioning scale with the number of devices, the app licence does not. Figures are in development and clear Olson before release.

The hardware floor

What "cyber ready" actually requires The laptop spec

A lab machine has to do things an ordinary laptop never has to: run isolated environments, boot alternative operating systems, and survive a room full of learners. These are the specifications that follow from that — chosen for what the work needs, not for a spec-sheet number.

RequirementFloorWhy the labs need it
VirtualizationVT-x / AMD-V enabled, accessible in firmwareThe sanctioned range runs as isolated virtual machines. Without it, there is no safe place to do hands-on work.
Memory16 GB minimum; 32 GB for the Pro tierRunning two or three VMs at once is normal lab work. 8 GB stalls the moment a range comes up.The one spec not to compromise on.
Storage512 GB NVMe SSDVM images are large. Fast storage is the difference between a range that boots in a minute and one that eats the session.
Operating systemLinux-capable, with documented driver supportMost security tooling is Linux-first. A machine that fights Linux fights the curriculum.
Firmware controlsTPM 2.0; Secure Boot that can be turned off and back onLearners need to boot lab images — and then restore the secure state. Locked-down firmware makes teaching impossible.
ServiceabilityUser-replaceable RAM, storage, and batteryA fleet takes damage. Parts availability decides whether a classroom set lasts three years or one.Also teachable: learners open the machine.
ProvenanceNamed manufacturer, documented build and supply chainThe program teaches provenance thinking. The hardware has to survive the same question the curriculum asks.
Four sizes, one image

Same machine, sized to the group

The image doesn't change between tiers — only how many devices, and which organization-level tools unlock.

Tier 01

Solo

One learner. Full app image, safety core locked on, Cyberlab junior track ready.

Pricing TBD
Tier 02

Family

A household set. Shared safety layer, parent visibility, devices talk locally.

Pricing TBD
Tier 03

Classroom / Team

A cohort set with the sanctioned range. The recommended first pilot.

Pricing TBD
Tier 04

Org / Campaign

Organization deployment. Harbor unlocks; controlled modules reviewed separately.

Pricing TBD
How the lock actually works

Locked on means locked on

"Cannot be removed" is a technical claim, so here is the technical answer — including where it is strongest and where it is honestly weaker.

DeviceEnforcementWhat that means in practice
PhoneAndroid Enterprise fully managed + Samsung KnoxThe safety core cannot be uninstalled, disabled, or force-stopped — and it survives a factory reset. The strongest enforcement of the three.
TabletSupervised enrolment (Apple) or fully managed (Android)Apps cannot be removed while enrolled, and enrolment survives a reset. On iPad, apps arrive on first connection rather than preinstalled.Devices must be enrolled at purchase — retail units cannot be added later.
LaptopManaged baseline imageEnforced at the account, network, and application layer. Strong — but not equivalent to phone-grade enforcement, and it does not survive a determined wipe.We say so rather than implying otherwise.
State A · Managed baseline

The default. Full app image, safety core enforced, standard account, Secure Boot on, disk encrypted. Where a junior learner lives.

State B · Lab mode

Entered deliberately for range work, inside virtual machines on a still-managed host. Apprentice and Pro tiers. Entering it is logged.

A machine can't be both fully locked and a place to learn cyber. Virtualization is what resolves it: learners get root inside a VM they can break freely, while the host stays managed and the safety core stays intact.

What a managed device reports

And what it never will

Management tooling can see far more than this program will ever collect. Where that line sits is our decision, so we publish it rather than leaving it in an admin console.

What we collect
  • Enrolment and compliance state — the proof the safety core is on
  • App inventory, checked against the manifest
  • OS version and patch level
  • Safety alerts — sent to the parent or guardian, not to us
What we never collect
  • Precise location history
  • Message, call, or browsing content
  • Keystrokes or screen captures
  • Anything in the personal space of a shared device

A program that runs an Ethics Lab can't hand out managed devices without saying what those devices report. The restraint is part of the product — and leaving the program releases the device from management entirely. We don't hold hardware hostage to a subscription.

The standing rule

Child safety is not an upgrade.

ShieldScan and Project Exodus are locked on at every tier — including on a device nobody is paying for. They cannot be removed, disabled, or moved behind a paywall at any price point. That is a design floor written into the image, not a feature of the expensive package.

The hardware partnership

Who makes the machine

The app image is ours. The hardware comes from a manufacturer we name openly — because a program that teaches provenance can't be vague about its own.

Hardware partner
logo — pending
agreement

Born Between 2 Generals owns and licenses the app image; partner organizations lease their deployments. The manufacturer is disclosed on every package, along with who provisioned the device before it shipped. No partner is named here until an agreement is signed.

Now in pilot

Ask about a package.

Tell us the size of the group and where you'd start. We'll walk you through the image, the manifest, and what a pilot would look like.