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Oregon’s Only Statewide Invention Competition Kicks Off for 2019
With 17 participating schools and $80,000 in prize and prototype funding on the line, InventOR is officially ON! College and university...

Christina Williams
Oct 29, 20183 min read


Time to get thinking about design
Quick, how do you define the design process? If you are one of the students in InventOR’s online class, Design Thinking & Product Design...

Christina Williams
Oct 16, 20182 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 26, 20182 min read


“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...

Christina Williams
Jun 26, 20182 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 26, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 26, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 21, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 18, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 18, 20182 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 14, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 13, 20182 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 12, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 12, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
Jun 8, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
May 21, 20182 min read


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...

Christina Williams
May 16, 20182 min read


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...

Christina Williams
May 3, 20181 min read


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...

Christina Williams
May 3, 20182 min read



Christina Williams
May 1, 20183 min read
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