The Filipino Scientist

Juan Carlo Reyes I. ROLANDO DELA CRUZ ay isa sa mga pinakapipitagang imbentor na Filipino sa larangan ng agham sa Pilipinas. Nakatanggap siya ng mga parangal mula sa iba't ibang dako ng mundo dahil sa tuklas niyang mga lunas at gamot para sa iba't ibang uri ng sakit sa balat.

Una siyang pinatanyag ng kanyang tuklas na pantanggal ng nunal at kulugo o butlig

gamit ang katas ng kasoy, at tinawag na DeMole at DeWart. Ito ay isang cream na ipinapahid sa balat at

napatunayang mabisa – kahit na malalalim na nunal at kulugo ay kayang alisin na walang bahid o peklat na

maiiwan. Gawa ito sa mga likas na sangkap, lalo na ng katas ng kasoy (Annacardium occidentale) talamak sa

Pilipinas. Una itong naisa-daigdig sa iba't ibang eksibisyon na dinaluhan ni dela Cruz, kabilang na ng 1st

ASEAN Health and Wellness Exhibition sa Japan. Dahil sa kahusayan ng kaniyang imbensyon ay pinarangalan siya

ng gintong medalya sa International Invention, Innovation, Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition na ginanap sa Kuala Lumpur Malaysia noong Setyembre

2000.

Gregorio Zara born in Lipa City, Batangas, is one of the best known scientist from the Philippines. In 1926, Gregorio Zara graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 1927, he received his Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan. In 1930, he graduated with a Doctorate of Physics from

III..Roberto Del Rosario - Filipino Scientist

Roberto del Rosario is the president of the Trebel Music Corporation and the inventor of the Karaoke Sing Along System in 1975. Roberto del Rosario has patented more than twenty inventions making him one of the most prolific Filipino inventor. Besides his famous Karaoke Sing Along System Roberto del Rosario has also invented:

Trebel Voice Color Code (VCC) piano tuner's guide piano keyboard stressing device voice color tape

IV. Daniel Dingel - Filipino Inventor

Daniel Dingel claims to have invented a water-powered car

Daniel Dingel's water-powered car traces its development back to 1969, per Philippine newspaper accounts and the inventor's own claim that he has invested at least thirty years' worth of work. Dingel has had several cars converted since that time - all his own.

The Daniel Dingel water car is not a fuel-cell car. Fuel cell cars like the new Honda FCX Clarity uses hydrogen gas to produce electricity in a fuel cell, and it is this electricity that powers the car's electric motor. Also, fuel cell cars are reliant on hydrogen that is pre-extracted using costly methods.

Contrary to its name, Dingel's car does not burn water. The inventor claims to have designed a process that efficiently maximizes on-demand hydrogen extraction from the electrolysis of ordinarily-available water. It is the hydrogen gas that his car burns directly in the engine's combustion chamber. The extraction process being on-demand, Dingel's car does not store hydrogen gas onboard in quantities that pose an explosion risk.

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

Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.

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). However, all the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any fluorescent bulb.

According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel Quezon

when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already presented the fluorescent light to the public."