Quincy Acklen of Hackerspace Charlotte teaching electronics and flight in a program at ImaginOn.

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Hackerspace Charlotte: bridging the gap between pixels and power tools

In a society where smartphones, tablets, laptops and televisions dominate our attention, a team of Charlotte hackers is showing how to move ideas beyond the boundaries of a digital screen and grapple with gritty problems in the real world. The […]

Andrew Douglass (right) is one of three fellows with Code for America who have been meeting with representatives from Charlotte citizen's groups, government agencies, non-profit organizations and corporations since early February.

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Code for America lands in Charlotte. The goal: build citizen engagement.

They’re sometimes called the Peace Corp for Nerds. A team of three technology experts from Code for America has been working with Charlotte groups since early February to strengthen levels of citizen engagement. The collaborative effort will produce a new […]

Bruns Academy third-grade teacher Cara Brown working with students and XO laptops provided through Project LIFT in Charlotte.

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Project LIFT begins to show results in Charlotte

Eight months after providing 2,200 free laptop computers for elementary-age students in eight Charlotte schools, Project LIFT is seeing results. Things are looking up. Project LIFT is a partnership of public schools and private companies and foundations, designed to raise […]

Mecklenburg County and the Knight School of Communication at Queens present Hackathon 13.

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Mecklenburg County opens its data for a hackathon

For the first time in its history, Mecklenburg County government is organizing a regional hackathon to provide programmers and digital storytellers with resources to transform publicly available datasets into useful tools for citizens. The hackathon will focus on new ways […]