STS LESSON 3 UNIT 2

• History of science and technology in the Philippines

  1. Traced as early as the Stone Age

  2. Discovery of tools to aid in human life

  3. Use of metals for tools and weapons in Bronze Age

  4. Domestication and agriculture in Bronze Age

  5. Discoveries and developments of tools lead to more knowledge and advancements in the field of science

  6. More scientists rose to invent and apply science for the betterment of our society
• Community life changed


  From rural living to urbanized cities, especially in Manila where it becomes very crowded due to greater work opportunities and higher demands of manpower
• Technical innovations


  Lessened the load of people and led to greater demand of studying newly applied technologies
• Medical science


  Contributed much to the cure and prevention of diseases including the application of vaccines and the promotion of cheaper medicines
• Field of communication


  Welcomed a drastic change from the internet usage to the different supply of cellular phones- in just a snap people from far distances can already see and commune with each other
• Danvic Briones, drew inspiration from the sad fate of several Typhoon Ondoy victims. Rescue 72 is equipped with compartments into which one can put water-proof bags containing first aid kits, water, light snacks, and other items essential for survival.
• Diosdado Banatao developed the first single-chip graphical user interface accelerator that made computers work much faster.
• Justino Arboleda devised the coconet, a sturdy but biodegradable net made from coconut husk
• Edgardo Vazquez invented the Vazbuilt Modular Housing System with a concept of a prefabricated or ready￾to-build housing system. an easy to build and less time to construct Walls, floors, columns, window panels, and tied beams, with additional implementation which can potentially solved the country housing backlog
• Bobby Murphy, a Filipino-American, co-founded Snap Inc. (formerly Snapchat Inc.), a technology and camera company. The company has 4 main products: Snapchat, Spectacles, Bitmoji, and Zenly
• Gregoria Zara, Filipino physicist and aeronautical engineer creator of the first videophone (a forerunner such video telecommunication application as Skype, webcam and video conferencing) and discoverer of the physical law known as “Zara Effect.”
• Roberto del Rosario, a Filipino entrepreneur who developed the karaoke machine “Sing Along System” in 1975
• Fe del Mundo was a Filipino pediatrician who was the first woman to be named “National Scientist of the Philippines in 1980 and founded the pediatric hospital in the Philippines. He was also known for having device an incubator made of bamboo.
• . Eduardo San Juan, Filipino considered him as the inventor of the Lunar Rover or more popularly known as Moon Buggy
• Edward Caro, a native from Cavite who helped launched the Shuttle Radar Topography mission or the Explorer and received the Distinguished Science medal reportedly the highest honor NASA gives to its employees.
• Rolando dela Cruz, developed the DeBCC from cashew nuts and other local herbs which is an anti-cancer cream.
• Abelardo Aguilar, Filipino physician and scientist, a co-discoverer of Erythromycin, an effective antibiotic against various respiratory tract and intestinal infection and certain sexually transmitted disease
• Rodolfo Aquino isolated nine specific breeds of rice for the International Rice Research Institute. His discoveries helped prevent famine in much of Asia.
• Josefino Comiso, a Filipino physicist working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studying global warming in the Arctic who discovered recurring polynya. A polynya is a semi-permanent area of open water in sea ice.
• Jayme Navarro of Bacolod discovered a method of converting plastic bags into fuel. It starts by melting the plastics and then taking out the polymers to mix with a catalyst. Pyrolysis will occur soon after to produce hydrocarbon gases.