The Carroll County Hackathon, held February 22nd through 24th, at McDaniel College was a great success for MAGIC. We couldn’t have done it without the support of our sponsors, volunteers, judges, and participants! And so, I want to take the opportunity to share the story of the weekend with you. We entered the weekend with…
DetailsFor Immediate Release 02/25/2019 Westminster, MD – MAGIC is pleased to report that 55 students participated in the 2019 Carroll County Hackathon. The Hackathon Workshop, led by Jon Allen from Advantage Internet Marketing and Chris Allport and Nick DeTello from Skayl, on Friday, February 22, 2019 taught students how to design, build, and pitch…
DetailsTo quote Hannibal Smith, George Peppard’s character on the A-Team, I love it when a plan comes together. In this case, it’s the long lead-time for growing new tech talent and building an entrepreneurial ecosystem, the central mission of MAGIC, or the Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory. MAGIC divides time between three categories of activities: Tech…
DetailsMAGIC recently held its sixth Capture the Flag competition. Capture the Flag is an “ethical hacking” competition that teaches students about cybersecurity in an engaging and interesting way. Instead of studying the often confusing and abstract ins and outs of computer science, the event acts as a way to get students interested and excited about…
DetailsEveryone 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…
DetailsMAGIC 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…
DetailsWestminster- 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,…
DetailsMAGIC 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsLast weekend was MAGIC’s Project eReboot event; it’s somewhat difficult to describe such a unique event. eReboot was a fast-paced, energized computer-building challenge with cryptic puzzles and secret messages to solve. Beyond being a fun and challenging competition, it was a great learning experience and required creative, critical thinking to succeed: exactly the kind of…
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