STS

• 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, Credited with having developed the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and transreceiver chip, the first system logic chip set for IBM's PC-XT and the PC-AT, and the local bus concept and the first Windows Graphics accelerator chip for personal computers, Co-founded Mostron, Chips and Technologies, and S3 Graphics, Invented one-chip video camera in CMOS, Has Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in mixed-signal CMOS IC design
• 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, 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


  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), Discoverer of the physical law known as "Zara Effect"
• Roberto del Rosario


  Filipino entrepreneur who developed the karaoke machine "Sing Along System" in 1975
• Fe del Mundo


  Filipino pediatrician, First woman to be named "National Scientist of the Philippines in 1980, Founded the pediatric hospital in the Philippines, Devised an incubator made of bamboo
• Eduardo San Juan


  Filipino, Considered the inventor of the Lunar Rover or more popularly known as Moon Buggy
• Edward Caro


  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, 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


  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
• Filipinos' knowledge and activities in the pre-Spanish era

  • Aware of medicinal and therapeutic properties of plants and methods of extracting medicine from herbs
  • Had an alphabet, number system, a weighing and measuring system and a calendar
  • Engaged in farming, shipbuilding, mining and weaving
  • Built the Banaue Rice Terraces
• Spanish colonial era


  • Contributed to growth of science and technology in the Philippines
  • Introduced formal education and founded scientific institutions
  • Established parish schools teaching religion, reading, writing, arithmetic and music
  • Taught sanitation and more advanced methods of agriculture
  • Established colleges and universities including the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest existing university in Asia
  • Galleon Trade accounted for the Philippine colonial economy
  • Trade was given more focus, while agriculture and industrial development were relatively neglected
  • Influx of European visitors and some Filipinos studied in Europe, influenced by the Age of Enlightenment
• American period


  • Progress of science and technology in the Philippines continued
  • Established the Bureau of Government Laboratories in 1901, which dealt with the study of tropical diseases and laboratory projects
  • Replaced the Bureau of Government Laboratories with the Bureau of Science in 1905
  • Established the National Research Council of the Philippines in 1933
  • The Bureau of Science became the primary
• The post Commonwealth-era
• Pre-Spanish era Filipinos


  • Aware of medicinal and therapeutic properties of plants and methods of extracting medicine from herbs
  • Had an alphabet, number system, weighing and measuring system, and a calendar
  • Engaged in farming, shipbuilding, mining and weaving
• Banaue Rice Terraces


  • Sophisticated products of engineering by pre-Spanish era Filipinos
• Spanish colonial era


  • Contributed to growth of science and technology in the Philippines
  • Introduced formal education and founded scientific institutions
  • Established parish schools where religion, reading, writing, arithmetic and music was taught
  • Taught sanitation and more advanced methods of agriculture to the natives
  • Established colleges and universities including the oldest existing university in Asia, the University of Santo Tomas
• Galleon Trade

  Accounted for the Philippine colonial economy
• Science during the American period

  • Inclined towards agriculture, food processing, forestry, medicine and pharmacy
  • Not much focus was given on the development of industrial technology due to free trade policy with the United States which nurtured an economy geared towards agriculture and trade
• The Bureau of Science was replaced by the Institute of Science


  1946
• In a report by the US Economic Survey to the Philippines in 1950, there is a lack of basic information which was necessities to the country's industries, lack of support of experimental work and minimal budget for scientific research and low salaries of scientists employed by the government
• The Philippine Congress passed the Science Act of 1958 which established the National Science Development


  1958
• The National Science and Technology Authority was replaced by the Department of Science and Technology, giving science and technology a representation in the cabinet


  1986
• Under the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan for the years 1987-1992, science and technology's role in economic recovery and sustained economic growth was highlighted
• During Corazon Aquino's State of the Nation Address in 1990, she said that science and technology development shall be one of the top three priorities of the government towards an economic recovery
• Corazon Aquino created the Presidential Task Force for Science and Technology which came up with the first Science and Technology Master Plan or STMP


  August 8, 1988
• The goal of STMP was for the Philippines to achieve newly industrialized country status by the year 2000
• The Congress did not put much priority in handling bills related to science and technology. The Senate Committee on Science and Technology was one of the committees that handle the least amount of bills for deliberation
• The budget allocation for science and technology was increased to 1.054 billion pesos from the previous year's 464 million pesos


  1989
• Budget allocation were trimmed down to 920 and 854 million pesos respectively due to the Asian financial crisis


  1990 and 1991
• Budget allocation were increased to 1.7 billion pesos


  1992
• 19th century


  1. Invention of textile manufacturing machines

  2. Division of labor

  3. Increase in production

  4. Crowded cities

  5. Unsafe and unhealthy working conditions
• 20th century


  1. Invention of automobiles

  2. Status symbol

  3. Harsh and crowded city conditions
• Alexander Fleming introduced Penicillin


  September 28, 1928
• Papyrus


  A thick type of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plants, first manufactured in Egypt as far back as the 4th millennium BCE