Welcome to Quelab Wiki

• Quelab is a makerspace in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We're at 1511 Central Ave NE, 87106. Come by and see us!
• Why is Quelab important?
  • Let's let The Oatmeal Explain
  • Or this TED talk on "Where ideas come from"

Memberships are just $50 monthly and gets you 24/7 access to the space, the internet, and the tools.
Become a member today!

Member Referral Program - Current members can get a free month of membership for recruiting new members!

• Check out our Main page for the most up to date events info
• See the Google Calendar
• Open House, Wednesdays starting at 7pm
• General Business Meetings First Sunday (usually) of the month 6:00pm @ Quelab! All are welcome to attend, with a potluck at 5:00pm, so bring & enjoy food, too.

• ABQ Mini-Maker Faire
• Space Chiles, In collaboration with Mach 30 and Adler Planetarium.
• February Food month, Chocolate and other hack-able foods will be the focus this month.
• Techmas 2011, Christmas crafting projects
• The Haunted Lab, an open house behind the scenes look at how to make goulish and scary props and decorations out of everyday household items, for cheap!
• "Steam Punk it up" Event: Craft fair/swap/workspace
• Air, Space, and Beyond! Event: featuring guests from the ABQ Rocket Society and the Challenger learning Center. Fun will come in the form of balloons, rocketships and astronomy
• Become an Eco-MacGyver After we all recover from the morning's Yardsale, We are rolling out our first ever Daytime event, to Help showcase our solar/reuse/renewable projects. And some from the community. At 2pm, we will open our doors for the main event, Sustainability: Become an Eco-MacGyver. We’ll be showcasing some neat sustainability-related projects and getting crafty with upcycling and recycling a variety of materials from plastic grocery bags to empty wine bottles to make useful, beautiful items for you to take home with you. You might win some nifty door prizes too!

• We had a booth setup at Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (most recently 2012)
• Booth at TEDxABQ
• Privacy/Paranoia Class: Delve into the dark abyss of what actually is “Secure.” The focus will be on internet privacy and online personal security. All are welcome.
• Ignight: An introduction to Quelab. Founder Gabe Ortiz gives an overview of the early start up days of Quelab in a presentation at Ignite NM 1http://vimeo.com/5648869
• IgniteNM 9, Adric slides on Layperson Locksmithing
• IgniteNM 15, Walter provides a history of Quelab as a recap for us http://youtu.be/Z7te8RzWw9s

• HeatSync Labs in Arizona visited us, and posted some videos.
• Hackaday's own Caleb Kraft visited Quelab in 2012 (at our North Campus), and posted a video and a short writeup.
• Photos! Lots of Glorious photos, on the Flickr Quelab Group! http://www.flickr.com/groups/quelab

• Sign up for various public topic mailing lists.
• Attend a meeting.
• Become a member! You get extra cool points if you sign up for automatic payments!
• Leads on potential sources of funding, fundraising events, and equipment.
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