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Calling All Musicians!

By On April 24, 2012 · 3 Comments

Circuit-Bending Hackerspace Rock Band, CMKT 4, is doing a workshop Wednesday, May 9th, 7-9:PM building contact microphones in conjunction with Quelab. These microphones are powerful enough to do whatever you want, and accessible enough for all skill levels. Plus, they’re made out of bottle caps, which is just awesome. It’s a DIY electronics project [...]

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Terry’s Amazing Little Camping Trailer

By On August 16, 2011 · 4 Comments

Terry Holt is a local Albuquerque maker who I met three weeks ago. He’s got an extensive background in engineering, but these days he’s working on (among other things) a portable structure he can tow behind his car and use to camp in relative comfort!

His first version was designed out of foam insulation.  He chose [...]

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Screenprinting Workshop this Sunday!

By On August 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

We’ve been running low on shirts, so we’re screenprinting a new run at this Sunday’s hacknight.  If you’re interested in learning how to screenprint, join us!  You will be able to purchase a shirt to screenprint yourself, or you can bring something of your own to screenprint.

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Event: Steampunk It Up – Saturday August 20th

By On August 2, 2011 · 2 Comments

This month we’re celebrating everything Steampunk at Quelab!  Steampunkers, if you’re unfamiliar, try to imagine what the modern life would look like if technology had stopped in the Victorian era (think Wild Wild West).  Here’s a recent Alibi article on Steampunk. Join local Steampunk fans as we share our Steampunk creations. Bring your Steampunk costuming, jewelry, and/or toy-weapon supplies to work [...]

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Two Quelab Instructables posts, about balloons.

By On July 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Despite having to fly out of the state for a week, just before our big event, I pulled off a magic trick and found time to post two small instructabiles.

One is just a simple way to make a teeny “Throwie” (LED and battery, usually also a magnet, although i skipped that), and put it [...]

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Non fire, paper popper/banger/cracker

By On July 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

To continue the tradition of celebrating Independence day, in a safe way, but also respecting the fire danger and such we are facing in the drought parched southwest.

All you need is a nice bit of paper! And its easy to refold and use over and over again! takes a bit of arm speed [...]

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Safe Non-Fire Fireworks!

By On July 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment

What with a large fire danger, and all the people worried about fireworks, i wanted to share with you all one of my favorite simple science demos.

Milk color explosions!

You will need:
A plate or wide flat shallow bowl, (depth is not really needed much
Whole Milk, (it can [...]

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