Filipino Inventions & Discoveries

• Incubator


  (1) Invented by Fe Del Mundo

  (2) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
• Videophone


  (1) Invented by Gregorio Y. Zara

  (2) The two-way telephone or videophone in 1955 patented as a "photophone signal separator network".
• Flourescent Lamp


  (1) Invented by Agapito Flores

  (2) Most widely used source of lighting today.
• Water-powered car 


  (1) Invented by Daniel Dingel

  (2) A hydrogen reactor uses electricity from a 12-volt car battery to transform ordinary tap water with salt into deuterium oxide or heavy water.
• Lunar Rover


  (1) Invented by Eduardo San Juan

  (2) "The Moon Buggy" was the car used by Neil Armstrong and other astronauts when they first explored the moon in 1969.
• GUI (Graphical User Interface)


  (1) Invented by Diosdado Banatao

  (2) Made computers work a lot faster and for helping develop the Ethernet controller chip that made Internet possible.
• Artificial Coral Reefs

  (1) Invented by Angel Alcala

  (2) used for fisheries in Southeast Asia
• Alternative Fuels

  (1) invented by Julian Banzon

  (2) experimented with the production of ethyl esters fuels from sugarcane and coconut, and invented a means of extracting residual coconut and invented a means of extracting residual coconut oil by a chemical process rather than a physical process.
• One-chip Video Camera


  (1) Invented by Marc Loinaz

  (2) uses a single computer chip to process the colors the camera sees.
• Karaoke (1975)


  (1) invented by Roberto del Rosario
• Superkalan


  (1) invented by Narciso Mosuela

  (2) is a stove that can be powered by any substance that burns.
• Enriched Rice


  (1) invented by Juan Salcedo Jr.

  (2) a rice variety fortified with vitamin B1, which helps prevent beriberi.
• Ramon Barba


  Known for inventing techniques to promote crop flowering.

  His works helped developed the local mango industry.