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Filipino Inventions and Innovations Guide

Filipino inventors and innovators have greatly contributed to the country's economic development through important discoveries and technologies. Some famous Filipino inventors include Alfredo Anos Sr., known as the "godfather of Filipino inventors" who created over 44 inventions, and Fe del Mundo who invented the medical incubator. Indigenous technologies developed in the Philippines include fermented foods, alcoholic beverages, textiles made from local materials, bamboo and coconut construction materials, and the jeepney form of transportation. More recent innovations include the first videophone invented by Gregorio Zara and the modern toy yo-yo popularized worldwide based on an older Filipino weapon. The national hero Jose Rizal was also an inventor and scientist

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Filipino Inventions and Innovations Guide

Filipino inventors and innovators have greatly contributed to the country's economic development through important discoveries and technologies. Some famous Filipino inventors include Alfredo Anos Sr., known as the "godfather of Filipino inventors" who created over 44 inventions, and Fe del Mundo who invented the medical incubator. Indigenous technologies developed in the Philippines include fermented foods, alcoholic beverages, textiles made from local materials, bamboo and coconut construction materials, and the jeepney form of transportation. More recent innovations include the first videophone invented by Gregorio Zara and the modern toy yo-yo popularized worldwide based on an older Filipino weapon. The national hero Jose Rizal was also an inventor and scientist

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FILIPINO INVENTIONS

AND INNOVATIONS
Science, Technology and Society
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INVENTIONS AND
INNOVATIONS:
 To invent something is to discover a new thing.
Meanwhile to innovate means “TO USE A NEW
IDEA OR METHOD”. To innovate is to introduce
something new to the market, to manipulate existing
inventions and turn them into a product that is use in
the real world.
Scientists, inventors and innovators greatly
help in the economic development of a
country. In the Philippines, we have kind of
those whose exemplary works and
discoveries have contributed to the
progress of different industries.
SOME FAMOUS FILIPNO
INVETORS
1. Alfredo Anos, Sr. 2. Fe del Mundo 3. Robert del
Rosario
“godfather of Filipino “Medical Incubator
inventors” (1949)” “Sing along system”
“made greater than 44 “Allegedly
“First Asian student
inventions and in Harvard’s considered as a
innovations” School of Japanese invention
Medicine” but proved wrong”
“Anos Fire Boat”
VIDEO PHONE
• The first recorded videophone, or a two way television-
telephone, was invented by a Filipino engineer and
physicist named Gregorio Zara.
• It was taken out of Science fiction in 1995 when he first
introduced the device and patented it as a “photo phone
separator network”
YOYO
• It is used by the Philippine natives 400 years ago as a combat
weapon against Spaniards and intruders. The original version of
Yoyo was large and had sharp edges as well as studs. The weapon
was attached to sturdy and thick 20-feet long ropes that would use to
fling at the enemies or prey.
• The modern “yoyo” toy that we all know of was made by law
undergraduate Pedro Flores. Thanks to America, this toy has been
mass produced and popularized all over the world.
Filipino technologies are designed to address the country’s demand for self-
sufficiency. Local technologies and innovations in areas like textile
manufacture, food production, architecture and engineering have largely
contributed to the economic and social progress of the nation. The
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is mandated to promote
indigenous technologies on the commercial level so that they can be
distributed in both the national and international markets .
EXAMPLES OF PHILIPPINE
PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING
INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGIES
1. FERMENTED FOOD: kesong puti
(white cheese made from goat’s milk),
patis (fish sauce), banana catsup, and
burong isda (fermented fish).
2. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:
lambanog (coconut arrack), basi
(sugarcane whine), tapuey (rice wine),
bignay/bugnay (wild berry wine), and
tuba (coconut toddy).
3. TEXTILE: fibers from abaca, jusi
(pineapple leaves), and saluyot; a
natural dyes from indigenous plants
(e.g., guava, yellow ginger, and
talisay).
4. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
AND CIVIL ENGINEERING:
bamboo, coconut lumber, santol wood,
rice hull cement, VAZBUILT modular
housing system (ready-to-build housing
system), the rice terraces of the
Cordilleras.
5. TRANSPORT VEHICLES: jeepney (a
modified American military jeep), vinta (a
boat made by Badjao and Tausug tribes), and
balangay (also known as Butuan boat), the
Delta Mini Cruiser (built by Delta Motor
Company in the 1970’s and early 1980’s for
commercial and military use)
6. MEDICINE: medicinal plants
(e.g., ampalaya, lagundi, and
sambong) and erythromycin (an
antibiotic discovered by Dr.
Abelardo Aguilar)
7. WEAPONS: balisong (also known as a
butterfly knife), marine scout sniper rifle
(developed by Philippine Marine Corps Scout
Sniper), personal defense weapon (developed by
the Government Arsenal of the Philippines), and
sumpit (a local blowgun)
8. SPACE TECHNOLOGY: Diwata-1 (also known as PHL-
Microsat-1)

Diwata-1 satellite built and designed by Filipinos


The Philippines is a country that has many
unappreciated geniuses and many undiscovered talents.
Just like Jose Rizal, the Philippines’ National Hero
who is not just a patriot but a scientist and inventor as
well, the country also has many inventors that may
well be as great as other inventors in different
countries.
In article by Rainier Ronda in the Philippine
Star, he said that Jose Rizal was also
responsible for a number of inventions during
his exile in Dapitan. These inventions were
particularly related to agriculture and irrigation.
Among these are first brick-making machine,
an irrigation system, and biscuit molds.
AGYAMANAK,
DIOS UNAY TI
AG NGINA!!!

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