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FILIPINO INVENTORS AND FILIPINO SCIENTISTS

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FILIPINO INVENTORS AND FILIPINO SCIENTISTS

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Angel Alcala - considered a world class authority in ecology and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles, and is behind the invention of artificial coral reefs to be used for fisheries in Southeast Asia.

Arturo Alcaraz - specializing in geothermal energy development. In 1967, Arturo Alcaraz and team powered an electric light bulb using steam-powered electricity. Power coming from a Volcano near the town of Tiwi. This was the first geothermal power generated in the Philippines.

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Benjamin Almeda - designed several food-processing machines.

Almeda Cottage Industry: In 1954, Benjamin Almeda founded

the Almeda Cottage Industry (now the Almedah Food Machineries Corporation) which manufactured his basic food processing inventions including his rice grinder, meat grinder and coconut grater.

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Julian Banzon researched methods of producing alternative fuels.

He experimented with the production of ethyl esters fuels from sugarcane and coconut, and invented a means of extracting residual coconut oil by a chemical process rather than a physical process.

Ramon Barba invented practical flower induction treatments.

He is best known for his advancements in mango farming research and tropical tree physiology. He invented techniques to promote crop flowering using a potassium nitrate spray. The Philippines is a leading exporter of mangoes and mango products.

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Benjamin Cabrera - has developed innovations in drug treatments against diseases caused by mosquitoes and agricultural soil.

He has written more than a hundred scientific publications on medical parasitology and public health - in particle research on filariasis.

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Paulo Campos built the first radioisotope laboratory in the Philippines.

a specialist in nuclear medicine and the award winning writer of over seventy-five scientific papers including:

Observation of Some Parameter of Insulin Action

Cr-51 Tagged Red Cell Studies The Genetic Factor in Endemic Goiter

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Magdalena Cantoria - known for her research in the morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of drug plants, in particular agar, rauwolfia, datura, mint and Piper.

Josefino Comiso has been warning the world about global warming.

Filipino physicist working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studying global warming in the Arctic. Josefino Comiso was the first person to discover a recurring polynya in the Cosmonaut Sea, south of the Indian Ocean. A polynya is a semipermanent area of open water in sea ice.

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Lourdes Jansuy Cruz has made scientific contributions to the biochemistry field of conotoxins. In particular the toxins of the venom of the marine snail Conus geographus. Lourdes Cruz documented the biochemical characterization of the homologous highly toxic monomeric peptides with internal disulfide bonds including: Conotoxin GI, Conotoxin GIA and Conotoxin GII. She has helped develop conotoxins for the purpose biochemical probes for examining the activities of the human brain.

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Rolando De La Cruz invented an anti cancer skin cream. He invented DeBCC an anti-cancer skin cream made from cashew nuts and other local herbs from the Phillipines. Rolando de la Cruz's cream combats basal cell carcinoma or skin cancer without causing any side effects.

Emerita De Guzman researched the propagation of pure makapuno trees. In particular, she studied the growth and development of the makapuno coconut embryo. Her research led to the faster propagation of pure macapuno trees and increased makapuno nut production from 3-5 makapuno nuts to 14-19 nuts. She also invented tissue culture techniques for the rapid propagation of abaca and banana plants.

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Fe Del Mundo is credited with studies leading to the invention of an improved incubator and a jaundice relieving device. She has dedicated her life to the cause of pediatrics in the Philippines.

Anacleto Del Rosario won the first prize at the World Fair in Paris in 1881 for his formula for producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba of a nipa palm. His research also led to the extraction of castor oil from a native plant called palma christi.

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Ernesto Del Rosario - best known for his achievements in biotechnology and applied physical chemistry.

He has invented methods of alcohol production from cellulosic and starchy materials, a method of continuous-flow alcohol fermentation process, and a method of yeast production from waste coconut water.

Roberto Del Rosario - the president of the Trebel Music Corporation and the inventor of the Karaoke Sing Along System in 1975.

Karaoke is a Japanese expression for singing along to a famous record with the vocals removed. Roberto del Rosario described his sing-along system as a handy multi-purpose compact machine which incorporates an amplifier speaker, one or two tape mechanisms, optional tuner or radio and microphone mixer with features to enhance one's voice, such as the echo or reverb to stimulate an opera hall or a studio sound, with the whole system enclosed in one cabinet casing.

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Daniel Dingel claims to have invented a water-powered car.

He designs cars that run on water. The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that Daniel Dingel built a water-fueled automobile engine as early as 1969.

Daniel Dingel claims his engine has a chamber that breaks apart water molecules to produce combustible hydrogen. Electricity from a 12-volt car battery to used to split the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen components, with the hydrogen then used to power the car engine.

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Pedro Escuro - best known for his isolation of nine "seed board" rice varieties that provided for their commercial release.

The Pedro Escuro rice varieties are: Milpal 4, HBD-2, Azmil 26 and C-22 and C-18, C4-63, C4-137, C-168 and C-12.

Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp.

It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it)

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Pedro Flores - the first person to manufactured the yo-yo in the United States.

The word yo-yo is a Tagalog word, that means 'come back.' In the Philippines, the yo-yo was a weapon for over 400 hundred years. Their version was large with sharp edges and studs and attached to thick twenty-foot ropes for flinging at enemies or prey. People in the United States started playing with the British bandalore or yo-yo in the 1860s.

It was not until the 1920s that Americans first heard the word yo-yo. Pedro Flores, a Philippine immigrant, began manufacturing a toy labeled with that name. Flores became the first person to mass-produce yo-yos, at his small toy factory located in California.

Duncan saw the toy, liked it, bought the rights from Flores in 1929 and then trademarked the name Yo-Yo.

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Francisco Fronda - known as the Father of poultry science in the Philippines.

He has improved methods of production for the poultry and livestock industry. He is also the author of the book Poultry Science Production and was one of the first five people in the world to earn a doctorate in Poultry Science.

Carmen Intengan - pioneer that helped improve the Filipino diet. She has conducted research studies in food analysis, enzyme work, and glass paper chromatography techniques.

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Amando Kapauan - specialized in environmental chemistry.

He is best known for his 1970s research on the effect of heavy metals analysis on the environment, in particular mercury in waters, fish and soil of the Philippines.

Hilario Lara helped establish the National Research Council of the Philippines.

He is a medical researcher and public health specialist who has studied the spread of cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, measles and diphtheria resulting in the prevention of those diseases in the Phillipines. Hilario Lara also established the Institute of Public Health at the University of the Philippines and helped establish the National Research Council of the Philippines.

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Felix Maramba built a coconut oil-fueled power generator.

He also is the developer of one of the world's most profitable biogas systems.

Benefits of Biogas Systems: Less pollution of the air and waters/ Improves local economics

Luz Oliveros Belardo researched the phytochemical properties of plants in the Philippines for natural products, essential oils, and the medicinal qualities. She produced thirty-three extractions of essential oils used for flavoring, scents, and herbal medicines.

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Maria Orosa invented Calamansi Nip, a powdered form of Calamansi fruit which could be made into juice, invented Soyalac, a powdered preparation of soya beans, and is the proud inventor of the Orosa Palayok Oven.

Maria Orosa - Other Food Preparations: Maria Orosa also invented recipes for banana

ketchup, wines from native fruits (casuy and guava), pineapple vinegar, banana starch, soyamilk, banana flour, cassava flour, guava jelly, santol, and rice cookies.

Maria Orosa taught Filipinos how to preserve the native adobo, dinuguan, kilawen and escabeche fruits.

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William Padolina has served as the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology for the Philippines where he directed researchers and the private sector and enabled the growth of the Internet and e-commerce in the Philippines.

William Padolina has also served as the Deputy Director General of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute.

William Padolina - Quotes: We need Filipinos to be highly literate in science and technology. Without this literacy, our people will become easy prey for our competitors that do not hesitate to take advantage of our ignorance.

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Eduardo Quisumbing - expert in the medicinal plants of the Philippines.

He was author of more than 129 scientific articles, many on orchids. He served as the Director of the National Museum of the Philippines, where he rebuilt the Herbarium. The plant "saccolabium quisumbingii" is named in honor of Eduardo Quisumbing.

Francisco Quisumbing invented Quink ink, which is used in Parker Pens. Quink ink is named after Francisco Quisumbing and is also an amalgam of "quick and ink". It is a quick drying ink with a cleaning property that prevents the ink from clogging the pen.

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Dolores Ramirez promoted the development of genetics in the Philippines, as a teacher, author, and researcher. She researched the cytogenetics of Philippine food crops: rice, coconut, banana, sugarcane, ornamentals, legumes, durian, lanzones, santol and balimbing.

Jose Rodriguez - invented methods of controlling Hansen’s Disease commonly known as leprosy.

His leprosy control program was instituted in the Philippines and other Asian countries. Jose Rodriguez's medical papers on leprosy research are often referenced and have been published around the world.

Jose Rodriguez Memorial Medical Hospital The Tala Leprosarium is one of eight institutes in the

Philippines that once served patients with Hansen’s Disease or leprosy. Tala Leprosarium was renamed the Jose Rodriguez Memorial Medical Hospital and Sanitarium in 1970 and is no longer strictly a Leprosarium since only a few leper patients remain.

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Eduardo San Juan (a.k.a The Space Junkman) worked on the team that invented the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy. Eduardo San Juan is considered the primary designer of the Lunar Rover.

In 1971, the Moon Buggy was first used by during the Apollo 12 landing to explore the Moon.

Alfredo Santos - a noted researcher in the chemistry of natural products, in particular the isolation and elucidation of the phaeantharine and other alkaloids from Philippine medical plants.

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Francisco Santos studied the nutritional problems associated with the Filipino diet.

He studied the nutritive values and chemical composition of local foods from the Philippines. His data was used to help detect and solve problems with Filipino diets.

Gregorio Velasquez - made intensive studies of bluegreen algae.

He is a distinguished scientist in Philippine phycology. Gregorio Velasquez spending over thirty years researching myxophyceae which is bluegreen algae.

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Carmen Velasquez - specialist in fish parasitology - the study of parasites and hosts among fish. Carmen Velasquez discovered thirty-two species and one new genus of digenetic trematodes (parasites) in local fish from the Philippines.

Gregorio Zara invented, made improvements to, or discovered the following:

invented the two-way television telephone or videophone (1955) patented as a "photo phone signal separator network"

discovered the physical law of electrical kinetic resistance called the Zara effect (around 1930)

invented an airplane engine that ran on plain alcohol as fuel (1952)

improved methods of producing solar energy including creating new designs for a solar water heater (SolarSorber), a sun stove, and a solar battery (1960s)

invented a propeller-cutting machine (1952) designed a microscope with a collapsible stage helped design the robot Marex X-10 On September 30, 1954 Gregorio Zara's alcohol-fueled airplane

engine was successfully tested and flown at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

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Prescillano Zamora - best known for his research in plant anatomy-morphology including the taxonomy of Philippine ferns and the discovery of more fern species.