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SafeStart takes top prize at Invent Oregon, the state’s only prototyping collegiate challenge

Jonathan Stull

Oct 8, 2020
3 min

SafeStart takes top prize at Invent Oregon, the state’s only prototyping collegiate challenge

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In Physics Classrooms, MarkerBot Draws Up a Perfect Teaching Tool

Jonathan Stull

Sep 15, 2020
3 min

In Physics Classrooms, MarkerBot Draws Up a Perfect Teaching Tool

In a physics classroom, few instructors can claim to perfectly draw a problem on a whiteboard. But in many situations, the accuracy of th...

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Team Alpha Helps Restore Phantom Limbs with a Sensor of Wild Imagination

Jonathan Stull

Sep 15, 2020
4 min

Team Alpha Helps Restore Phantom Limbs with a Sensor of Wild Imagination

The prostheses of tomorrow won’t just replace a limb. They’ll move and act like one too. But not without the innovation of Team Alpha, a ...

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IntraMon Opens a New Channel on Heart Disease

Jonathan Stull

Sep 15, 2020
4 min

IntraMon Opens a New Channel on Heart Disease

If these walls could talk, they’d save lives. According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease kills more people worldw...

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SLAM Blasts STEM Education With Rapid-Fire Innovation

Jonathan Stull

Sep 14, 2020
4 min

SLAM Blasts STEM Education With Rapid-Fire Innovation

The first time Avery McMillan competed in the Invent Oregon Collegiate Challenge, he tackled the energy crisis with a cell phone charger ...

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Smart Strike Helps Everyday Runners Take Strides to Avoid Pain

Jonathan Stull

Sep 13, 2020
4 min

Smart Strike Helps Everyday Runners Take Strides to Avoid Pain

Running is one of the most popular fitness activities in the world, and in 2019 no fewer than 48 million people worldwide participated in...

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Basking Filter Reimagines Wastewater Treatment With the Mouth of a Shark

Jonathan Stull

Sep 12, 2020
4 min

Basking Filter Reimagines Wastewater Treatment With the Mouth of a Shark

The kingfisher inspired Japanese bullet trains. Humpback whales inspired the shape of the blades on a wind turbine. The skin of a shark i...

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Driving Under the Influence Is a Non-Starter With SafeStart

Jonathan Stull

Sep 11, 2020
5 min

Driving Under the Influence Is a Non-Starter With SafeStart

For anyone over 21, a fun night out always comes with the dangerous prospect of getting behind the wheel. At best, the shame of being too...

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Where Venues Are Stuck in the Dark, Broadway To Go Shines New Light

Jonathan Stull

Sep 10, 2020
4 min

Where Venues Are Stuck in the Dark, Broadway To Go Shines New Light

The best performance venue on a summer evening in the Pacific Northwest is the one outside, under a setting sun, among friends, watching ...

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With $35,000 in Prizes, Invent Oregon Shows that Everybody Wins

Jonathan Stull

Sep 9, 2020
4 min

With $35,000 in Prizes, Invent Oregon Shows that Everybody Wins

On September 18, Oregon’s top collegiate innovators will compete with innovations that create a better future for all Ready to be inspire...

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Brake Boys Puts the Brake on Longboarding Injuries

Jonathan Stull

Sep 9, 2020
4 min

Brake Boys Puts the Brake on Longboarding Injuries

For decades, millions of longboarders have used the foothills of West Coast mountain ranges to stage exhilarating downhill rides that wer...

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George Fox Engineers Tie Loose Ends in 3D Printed Plastic Waste

Jonathan Stull

Sep 8, 2020
4 min

George Fox Engineers Tie Loose Ends in 3D Printed Plastic Waste

In recent years, 3D printing technology has surged, and its promise is far-reaching. Open-source prosthetics printed on 3D printers help ...

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A Better Brain and Body Is Built by the Himalayas

Jonathan Stull

Sep 7, 2020
4 min

A Better Brain and Body Is Built by the Himalayas

Brandon Medrano-Montes, athlete and founder of Better Brain and Body, believes that a sticky, black Ayurvedic medicine found high in the ...

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The Concrete of the Future Captures Carbon Pound for Pound

Jonathan Stull

Sep 6, 2020
5 min

The Concrete of the Future Captures Carbon Pound for Pound

Experts say that carbon sequestration is a technology of the distant future. But perhaps this coming attraction has actually arrived. Jac...

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Microcosm Reveals a New Universe of Complex Medical Treatments

Jonathan Stull

Sep 5, 2020
4 min

Microcosm Reveals a New Universe of Complex Medical Treatments

In 2020, roughly 1.8 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States. In an ideal world, each and every one of them wou...

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'OSRA' Means You Don't Need to Be Rich to Be a Rocket Scientist

Jonathan Stull

Sep 4, 2020
5 min

'OSRA' Means You Don't Need to Be Rich to Be a Rocket Scientist

A new age of space travel is here and now, and if Open Source Rocket Academy—code name OSRA—has any part of it, there will be a whole lot...

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Dose Prevents Opioid Addiction With Wisdom Beyond Its Years

Jonathan Stull

Sep 3, 2020
4 min

Dose Prevents Opioid Addiction With Wisdom Beyond Its Years

With so much attention being placed on the COVID crisis, it’s easy to forget that there are still significant and far-reaching medical pr...

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The Next Guitar Hero Actually Plays an Accordion

Jonathan Stull

Sep 2, 2020
4 min

The Next Guitar Hero Actually Plays an Accordion

The accordion is a complicated instrument. But thanks to Ernesto Zurita, a rising senior in mechanical engineering at the University of P...

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Memories Oft Forgotten Now Pop Up in a Card

Jonathan Stull

Sep 1, 2020
4 min

Memories Oft Forgotten Now Pop Up in a Card

Picture this: You visit Paris in the spring with a loved one. Amid hours of strolling timeless art, farmers markets, and architecture tha...

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Shaun McGillis

Aug 31, 2020
1 min

Better Brain & Body

The Better Brain & Body protein bar is packed with nutrients and infused with shilajit, an ancient supplement detoxifying properties.

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