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1. Development of Science and Technology During Ancient Times

Summerian: They are perhaps remembered because of their countless inventions. They are most
famous for the invention of wheel and potter’s wheel. They have invented the first form of
writing, a number system, the first wheeled vehicles, sun-dried bricks, and irrigation for farming.
Sumerians even improved a wide range of technology in arithmetic, geometry and other tools.

Babylonian: The excellence of Babylonians was also proven. It is believed that they invented
the sailboat, the chariot, the wheel, the plow and metallurgy. They are also known to be the one
developed cuneiform. Also, in the field of games, they invented checkers. As a matter of fact,
they were the first Bronze age people in the world. Early on they used copper, bronze gold and
later they used iron.

Egyptian: Ancient Egypts were inventing writing and advancing sciences of mathematics. With
that, the Egyptians are well known because of their invention of mathematics, geometry,
surveying, metallurgy, astronomy, accounting, writing, paper, medicine. Also included as to their
contributions are the ramp, the lever, the plough, mills for grinding grain and all the
paraphernalia that goes with large organized societies.
Greek: Discoveries and inventions of Ancient Greeks laid the foundation for modern Science
and Technology. They developed Philosophy as a way of understanding the world. They have
also many contributions and discoveries in the areas of mathematics, geography and astronomy.
In the field of medicine, they introduce how diseases progresses and they learned to make
inferences from observations. But of their many contributions and discoveries, the most used
today is the discovery that the sun is the centre of the solar system.

Roman: Ancient Rome developed many technologies like early Roman writing. They developed
many new techniques for buildings and construction of all types including the invention of
concrete, Roman roads, the invention of Roman arches, and incredibly well built aqueducts that
ran for miles before they reached the end and delivered fresh water.

Chinese: They made significant and scientific innovations. Gunpowder, paper, printing, and the
compass are sometimes called the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China. Kites were first used
as a way for the army to signal warnings. Umbrellas were invented for protection from the sun as
well as the rain.

2. Technological Advances in the Philippines During:

Pre-Spanish Period: Philippines were already blooming in the field of Science and Technology,
even before the Spaniards came. Filipinos were already aware of the medicinal and therapeutic
properties of plants and the methods of extracting medicine from herbs. Another already known
to they were the alphabet, number system, a weighing and measuring system and a calendar.
Filipinos were already engaged in farming, shipbuilding, mining and weaving.

Spanish Colonial Period: The fact cannot be denied that in the aspect of science and
technology, there were improvements during the colonization of Spaniards. The Spanish
introduced formal education and founded scientific institution. During the early years of Spanish
rule in the Philippines. Parish schools were established where religion, reading, writing,
arithmetic and music was taught. Sanitation and more advanced methods of agriculture was
taught to the natives. Later the Spanish established colleges and universities in the archipelago
including the University of Santo Tomas.

American and Post Commonwealth:The progress of science and technology in the Philippines
continued under American rule of the islands. On July 1, 1901 The Philippine Commission
established the Bureau of Government Laboratories which was placed under the Department of
Interior. The Bureau replaced the Laboratorio Municipal, which was established under the
Spanish colonial era. The Bureau dealt with the study of tropical diseases and laboratory
projects. On October 26, 1905, the Bureau of Government Laboratories was replaced by the
Bureau of Science and on December 8, 1933, the National Research Council of the Philippines
was established. The Bureau of Science became the primary research center of the Philippines
until World War II.

Marcos Era: During Ferdinand Marcos’ presidency, the importance given to science grew. In
the amended 1973 Philippine Constitution, Article XV, Section 9 (1), he declared that the
“advancement of science and technology shall have priority in the national development.” In his
two terms of presidency and during Martial Law, he enacted many laws promoting science and
technology.

3. Major Scientific Discoveries of Technological Developments in the Philippines

Bamboo incubator

Dr. Fe del Mundo developed a bamboo version of modern medical incubator for rural

communities that is less expensive and easier to assemble. It is being used by premature babies
born before the mother's 37th week of pregnancy

The PC chipset

Diosdado P. Banatao is famous for creating the first single chip, 16-bit microprocessor-based
calculator. A chipset is a set of electronic components in an integrated circuit known as a "Data
Flow Management System" that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and
peripherals. It is usually found on the motherboard.

Erythromycin

Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar was testing micro-organisms he had isolated from soil samples

in his back garden when he chanced upon bacteria that would later lead to the development of
the antibiotic erythromycin
Challenge 21

Challenge 21 is an educational strategy board game for enhancing mental skills through the
formation of natured-inspired shapes and patterns with mathematical logic, the invention of 68-
year-old inventor Leonardo Mejia Yu, a retired economics professor and former Philippine Ports
Authority officer

Mango flowering

Ramon Cabanos Barba  is a Filipino inventor and horticulturist best known for inventing a way
to induce more flowers in mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate. Barba was proclaimed
a National Scientist of the Philippines in June 2014.

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