Past Events

Come by and meet others who know how to use laser cutters. There is already a thriving community of laser workers at Idea Fab Labs. Let's get together and inspire each other with tips and tricks and project show and tells! $5 – 10 donations suggested! If you've never been to Idea Fab Labs before, we offer membership access to large laser cutters, as well as 3D printers, a wood shop with CNC router tables and many other technology zone…

Flea and Ant-weight robot competitions with DIY terrestrial robots! Want to build your own robot and battle against each other? Come hang out every second Friday of the month! No robot required to join! We will start by meeting up and talking about different robot models you can build and the rules for future competitions. Free & family friendly.

Do you love LEDs?? Come hang out and discuss lighting things up, LED projects, programming, hardware, wavelengths, frequencies and all that!

This is a regular Santa Cruz chapter meetup of the thriving LEDs ARE AWESOME group on Facebook! We will hold meetups every third Thursday unless otherwise noted.

Sometimes we will have guest presenters. Either way, just come and hang and talk LEDs. There will likely be pizza and beer.

$5-10 donation suggested.

Flea and Ant-weight robot competitions with DIY terrestrial robots! Want to build your own robot and battle against each other? Come hang out every second Friday of the month! No robot required to join! We will start by meeting up and talking about different robot models you can build and the rules for future competitions. Free & family friendly.

No matter how you are learning to code, whether freeCodeCamp, CodeAcademy, Udemy etc, this study group is for you.

Self-directed study can be challenging, let's support each other along the way.

Hangout and make some noise, maybe record things, trade PCBs, talk shop. Bring some newbies to learn the ropes.