Two Teams from UO Join the Road to InventOR
Last week eight teams from the University of Oregon converged in Eugene to pitch their best business ideas to a panel of judges as part...
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Christina Williams
Jan 24, 20191 min
It's on! First teams selected for InventOR 2019
You never forget your first — two. The first two teams of InventOR competitors were selected this month from a field of students pitching...
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Christina Williams
Jun 27, 20182 min
Mission Franklini is on a, well, mission
Let the Mission Franklini team tell you a story. It starts like this: Twenty years ago, researcher Robbin Thorp observed that two Oregon...
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Christina Williams
Jun 27, 20182 min
“Sit up straight!” SitAct has your posture in mind
The five-person team from George Fox University that makes up SitAct knows you might be slumping in front of your laptop while reading...
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Christina Williams
Jun 27, 20181 min
Hydrogen-powered innovation
When’s the last time you ordered up some hydrogen? The team behind Turner Motor Company did just that in advance of this week’s InventOR...
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Christina Williams
Jun 27, 20181 min
Oregon Tech teams set to compete on home turf
OrbitOWLS and Lit might have been the last two teams to join the InventOR Collegiate Challenge field for 2018, but they have one possible...
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Christina Williams
Jun 22, 20181 min
Kula Dudes want more men to experience the positive impacts of yoga
What has its roots in in the personal transformations of its team members, the #metoo movement, the rash of school shootings, and...
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Christina Williams
Jun 19, 20181 min
SIPing for safer water
They’re known as the SIPpers, six first-year undergraduate students at Oregon State University who are all members of that school’s...
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Christina Williams
Jun 19, 20182 min
About those school shootings ... a word with Lyfe Tech
Lyfe Tech wants to help parents, students, and teachers feel better about being in school. The growing anxiety around school shootings is...
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Christina Williams
Jun 14, 20181 min
On the trail of better pack equipment
Traveling with an international group, Youth With a Mission, Adam Babuka, spent close to a decade living out of a backpack in remote...
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Christina Williams
Jun 13, 20182 min
Eat to learn? School Marm Treats says yes
The School Marm Treats team is stacked with family members with Michelle Russell, education faculty at Eastern Oregon University, joining...
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Christina Williams
Jun 12, 20181 min
The Road to Klamath: Lab 2 Market Workshop
The finals are fast approaching and student teams are busily finishing up their prototypes—while simultaneously navigating year-end...
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Christina Williams
Jun 12, 20181 min
On the climb: Halo Holds
They boast the biggest team in this year’s InventOR Collegiate Challenge. The nine students behind Halo Holds are members of the Oregon...
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Christina Williams
Jun 8, 20181 min
The art of the pitch: Algotek
Ever wonder what it takes to make it into the InventOR competition? Initial competition rounds took place earlier this year at...
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Christina Williams
May 21, 20182 min
Why GrowCube looks to snow boards for inspiration
GrowCube, a team of four students from George Fox University, are determined to improve STEM education with their soil-free plant-growing...
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Christina Williams
May 16, 20182 min
Sunlight Bites wants you to snack on — just healthier
We’ve all been there. Back-to-back meetings or classes. No time to stop and the stomach is growling. Sunlight Bites wants to be there for...
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Christina Williams
May 3, 20181 min
An invention that started with bracelets in the fridge
What started out as an experiment that involved putting silicone bracelets in the crisper drawer with some fruits and vegetables has...
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Christina Williams
May 3, 20182 min
Bio Clean Tech draws on life experience for cleaner water
Check out this amazing story about Bashar Al-Daomi by PSU Media's Kurt Bedell. It was while crossing the polluted Diyala River on his...
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