August is National Black Business Month. Since the 2000s, we’ve been taking this month to support Black entrepreneurs, celebrate their successes, and recognize the obstacles they’ve overcome. Westminster, Maryland is home to a unique, diverse, and motivated small business community. So this month, we want to take the time to highlight just a few…
Written by Marie Overman, Winters Mill High School Class of ’23 Robert Jaffe is the newest team member at MAGIC and has taken on the Duckietown curriculum development. For most, if not all, of his career Mr. Jaffe has worked for defense-related industries to improve existing platforms. A few years ago a truck hit the…
MAGIC 2022 Year in Review 2022 was a big year with MAGIC! We moved into our new Main Street location, launched the Westminster Autonomous Robotics Innovation Center (ARIC), dove into Duckietown and continued development on the Autonomous Corridor Project, bolstered economic activity in the City of Westminster with 1 Million Cups Westminster, continued our journey…
Good Game on the Hill McDaniel’s Green Terror ESports and MAGIC got together on November 19 and 20 for our first collaborative Good Game on the Hill! Dozens of college students from across the state came together to compete in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Cash prizes were sponsored by Green…
MAGIC’s second annual Good Game Fest was held on Friday, November 4 thru Sunday, November 6 at the Best Western Westminster. We drew gamers from across the country to participate in a weekend of retro arcade gaming, console and tabletop tournaments, and more! Here’s a quick recap of what went down… Retro Game Arcade Good…
The past year and a half have drastically changed how we do business. However, even before 2020, the workforce was drastically changing. The 21st-century workforce emphasizes cyber security and data protection. How can cybersecurity continue to grow and improve? It starts with education. Here is why cybersecurity and coding knowledge are so important for the…
COVID has certainly been a Black Swan Event. No one could have ever predicted that we would be forced to stop our lives and alter the way we interact with people. Out of this black swan event came innovation and determination for businesses across the United States. Businesses went digital, and for some, it may…
The Capture The Flag (CTF) Event Reached Over 190 Students across the US and Estonia WESTMINSTER, MD – November 10th, 2020 – The Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory (MAGIC) is pleased to announce another successful Capture The Flag (CTF) event that took place this past Saturday, November 7th using their new online platform developed amid COVID.…
Are you an entrepreneur or working professional who relies on the internet to conduct business? These days, it’s hard to find any industry that doesn’t rely on the internet at some capacity to operate their business. Did you know that when you’re using the internet to conduct business, you’re at risk of a cyber attack?…
Are you an entrepreneur who wants to start your own business, or are in the process of starting one? You’ve probably heard of the infamous statistic that about 90% of startups eventually fail and might be feeling discouraged. Don’t fret; we’re here to help you become the 10% that does make it. It all starts…