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🍏Amazon Fresh just opened its doors this morning in Fairfax City, at the Point 50 shopping center, where hundreds of people stood in line at 7am!
This is the first full-size Amazon Fresh on the east coast to feature its "Just Walk Out" technology, allowing you to simply scan and skip the register (literally). 🍋🍓🥦🥗
Not only will Amazon Fresh deliver healthy, high-quality food to our community but they've also taken an interest in our local non-profits by donating to the The Lamb Center and Nova Labs
Learn more about the Amazon Fresh experience at
http://ow.ly/Jh8L50IEgPN
Freedom Bank puts its IDEAS into action to drive #clientsuccess. When a DC-area non-profit 501(c)(3) organization wanted to purchase its owner-occupied flex office warehouse space, Freedom Bank facilitated an efficient and seamless process. Located in the City of Fairfax, Virginia, Nova Labs supports a wide range of open-source development projects that benefit both the local community and the world. At Freedom our experienced bankers find creative ways to help clients secure the capital they need to grow their business.
This weekend was the first phase of the Nova Labs moves. The Labs FRC Robotics Team built a bot to help out! Thank you to Joe Thompson and Ronit Pithani for your building and programming expertise. JK is committed to STEM education, for this is where technology innovation starts. We are are a proud sponsor of the Novalabs FRC and FIRST Robotics Teams!
Congratulations to our friends at Nova Labs on finding their next destination!
Such a great memory of how our community got creative and came together last year to help our neighbors. Thanks again, Oakton Cougar Robotics and Nova Labs for helping our clients, staff and volunteers get back to work in person safely during those difficult times.
We loved being a part of the Virginia Makerspace Day of Action conversation! There are so many great things happening in our state, and so much potential for more. Happy National Week of Making!
Thank you to our excellent speakers: Ilana Preuss of Recast City, Jon Stover & Associates, Alisha Meador of City of Lynchburg, Virginia Government, Hacksburg, Nick Swayne of JMU X-Labs, and Dorothy Jones-Davis of Nation of Makers, and our event organizers Elise Spontarelli, Jeanne Marshall of Nova Labs, Asma Chaudhary - Fine Artist & Sculptor, and Ryan Hall of Valley Makers Association for making this event possible! 👏🏽
Zoom recording link coming soon if you missed it!
Winner of the Pint-Sized Engineering Award: Wrecking Bear by Nova Labs
Awarded by judges who know a good working machine when they see it. This prize takes into consideration the genius involved in conquering the course obstacles through Sculpture design, as well as any ingenious facet of the design that functions in a truly unique or Glorious Manner.
Nominees were:
4. APES Visionary Art Museum
19. Royal Catamaran
28. Wrecking Bear winner for its player piano-like tune generated by moving gears)
39. Little Wheels Keep on Turning for the moving red ferris wheel
Congratulations to the winners of the miniature Kinetic Sculpture Race 2021! They were among 40 models that competed this weekend over miniature mud, sand and water obstacles in an ode to AVAM’s annual wacky race of human-powered sculptures.
People’s Choice Award AND Worst Honorable Mention: Sheldon’s Big Adventure by Mike Shelley. The sculpture made of real cat hair, with a litter box as base, spilled kitty litter and wrecked havoc all over the race. It also captivated the hearts of viewers at home.
Golden Flipper Award for its memorable face plant in the water obstacle: S.S. Thiqq Monkey by St. Paul’s School for Boys
Art Award: Howley Davidson’s Dream by team SodaQuackers.com
Engineering Award: Wrecking Bear by Nova Labs
Born to be Wild Award for the sculpture that best embodied the race theme: BuhBuh Fish by Laura Knapp and daughter Isolene Bautro, aged 1.5 years old
In case you missed it, it’s available on our page American Visionary Art Museum and will be posted later this week on our YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVDwfOdQ5Y0
Thanks to all who competed and tuned in! We look forward to seeing you in person for human-sized Kinetic next year!
Hey ladies, have you thought about getting into woodworking but not sure where to start? Sign up for this women's only introduction to get signed off on the yellow tools and start your first project.
Join us TOMORROW Tuesday, September 15, from 5-7pm Eastern for a AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit with Adam Winsor of Asoleyo, winner of $150k in prize money from the DOE in the American Made Solar Prize competition. Learn how he went from graphic designer working out of Nova Labs in Reston, VA, to a solar industry entrepreneur, what he's learned since diving head-first into solar manufacturing, and how YOU can win cash prizes in Round 4 of the Solar Prize!
https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/comments/iqwdpf/live_ama_with_solar_prize_finalist_adam_winsor_a/
We are excited to share interviews with the #AmericanSolar Round 2 Finalists starting with Adam Winsor of Asoleyo. He started out at Nova Labs in Reston, VA, and is now a solar innovator!
See the full interview here:
https://youtu.be/UeIOWu-kCc0
Follow us for updates on who wins the top prize on Aug 28 + how to enter Round 4 of the Solar Prize now!
Thank you to Nova Labs for your generous donation of over 600 face shields! These face shields will be distributed out to our various divisions and keep employees and those we serve safe during the Covid health emergency.
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