With eyes on the prize, Eastern Oregon University teams hit Portland for the semifinals

Two teams made the 262 mile trip from Easter Oregon University in La Grande to Portland to compete in the InventOR Collegiate Challenge happening this weekend.

Team Dream is representing EOU with an invention of a backpack that can heat and cook food making one less tool required for multi-day backpacking trips.

Team Hands UP also from EOU, has developed an app to make it easier for university professors to measure class participation, integrating facial recognition technology with classroom roll calls.

Good luck at the semifinals EOU teams!