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Hack TCNJ

A free 24-hour hackathon open to all hosted at The College of New Jersey! Join us for tech, innovati HackTCNJ's page.

All information regarding our hackathon will be posted here.

04/11/2022

From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to thank all who came to this year's event!

Without our hackers and volunteers, HackTCNJ 2022 would not have been possible, and we hope to see all of you next year!

04/09/2022

Not the Stack I thought I was going to see at today, but go off.

04/08/2022

Hey Hackers! HackTCNJ is TOMORROW, and it's your last call to register for the event at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that the first we**am was invented so that the creator could watch the contents of a pot of coffee?

Hope to see you there!

04/07/2022

Hey Hackers! HackTCNJ 2022 is only 2 days away, so remember to register at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that CloudFlare uses a wall of Lava Lamps to generate numbers for their encryption algorithms? This room is open to the public, so anyone can walk in and inspect the lamps!

Cameras pick up changes in coloration from the wall of lamps, in order to create random values for their encryptions!

04/06/2022

Hey hackers! HackTCNJ is only 3 days away, so remember to register at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that people blink less when they use computers? While people blink around 20 times per minute, you can blink as little as 7 times per minute while focused on a computer!

04/05/2022

Hey hackers! HackTCNJ is only four days away! Remember to register at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that the term bug was coined after a moth was found in the relay circuit of one of the first computers ever made?

After removing it, they attached the moth to the log book in order to preserve it!

04/04/2022

Hey hackers! HackTCNJ is only 5 days away, so remember to register at our website, www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that Google used to go by a different name? During its initial stages as a search engine by Larry Page, it was called Backrub, and its original computer was housed in a case made out of MegaBlocks!

04/03/2022

Hey hackers! HackTCNJ is 6 days away, so remember to register at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that the Morris Worm, one of the earliest widespread internet viruses, has its source code stored within a floppy disk at the Computer History Museum? It's publicly viewable!

04/02/2022

Hey hackers! Hackathon's only a WEEK away! Remember to register at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that the first computer mouse was invented in 1963, with credit mostly going towards Douglas Engelbart?

It was originally coined the "X-Y position indicator for a display system", but was later changed to "mouse!"

04/01/2022

Hey hackers! HackTCNJ2022 is only in 8 days! Remember to register at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that CAPTCHA is an acronym? It stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart!

Your input is used to help image processing algorithms function!

03/31/2022

Hey hackers, only 9 days away until HACKTCNJ! Be sure to register at www.hacktcnj.com!

Did you know that the first email was sent in 1971, while the World Wide Web wasn't invented until 1989?

Some sources say that the first email, sent by computer Engineer Ray Tomlinson, contained "something like QWERTYUIOP"!

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