Author: Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory



It’s the Season of Giving
Everyone knows Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but don’t forget #GivingTuesday! As the year comes to a close, MAGIC would like to thank our partners, sponsors, and our MAGIC families for your continued participation and support of our efforts to promote technology and entrepreneurship in our community. MAGIC is dedicated to building a tech ecosystem […]



Winners of MAGIC’s Sixth Capture the Flag
MAGIC is pleased to report that the sixth Capture the Flag (CTF 006) Cybersecurity Competition held on Saturday November 3, 2018 was a success and established several new milestones for the event. For the first time ever, this event brought together students from around the world to compete! Almost 150 students competed across 11 different […]
MAGIC’s Capture the Flag 006 Cybersecurity Competition
Westminster- On Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 from 11am-4pm MAGIC will host its sixth Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. This event is an ethical hacking cybersecurity competition for entry-level participants at the high school and college level. No prior experience is required and the event is free for participants. Registration will close at noon on Wednesday, […]



MAGIC + Partners + Sponsors = Awesome Capture the Flag Competition
MAGIC is excited to Partner with Carroll County Public Library, System Source, and the Carroll Technology Council for our 6th Capture the Flag (CTF 006) cybersecurity competition on Saturday, November 3, 2018 The Carroll County Public Library is an integral part of MAGIC’s CTF competitions. The back-end technical expertise and volunteer hours provided by the […]



MAGIC Healthy Smart Home Update
The MAGIC Health Smart Home project has achieved several significant milestones over the past several months. Continuous environmental data is streaming from all rooms in both Project houses, stored locally on a multi-terabyte hard drive, as well as stored in a cloud based data base. In addition, sound level sensors are now sensing how quiet […]



Winners of the first Project e-Reboot challenge
MAGIC is please to report that 15 students competed in the first Project e-Reboot Competition on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Together, e-End and MAGIC created an event unlike any other in the region! Set in a post apocalyptic world, Project e-Reboot challenged teams of high school students to create a functioning computer from recycled components […]



MAGIC adding new computer building challenge
On Saturday, September 15, 2018 from 1-4pm e-End and MAGIC will hold the first Project e-Reboot Competition. Together, e-End and MAGIC have created an event unlike any other in the region! This event will challenge teams of high school students, grades 9th through 12th, to create a functioning computer from recycled components at e-End’s facility […]



Hardware, Software, and MAGIC – The Arduino Bootcamp
Article by: Jon Alex Allen When I first heard about the MAGIC and Ting Arduino Bootcamp, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I knew almost nothing about Arduino; what it is, how it works, or what I could do with it. Nevertheless, it seemed like it could be a valuable experience and I was […]



Community Partnerships- Healthy Smart Home
The MAGIC Healthy Smart Home project focuses on creating a new way to gather, store, analyze, and utilize health data in a residential setting. Ultimately, solutions developed in the project will allow seniors to age in place, the disabled to better access the health care system, and provide powerful tools for delivering preventive care in a residential setting, […]