Fortunately, a solution came in the form of the first Filipino invention on this

list: the bamboo incubator, widely credited as the brainchild of Dr. Fe del
Mundo. This makeshift device is relatively inexpensive and easy to reproduce,
making it ideal for use in rural communities and areas with no electricity.
Developing this ingenious take on a life-saving machine, though, is far from her
only accomplishment. In 1936, Dr. del Mundo became a Research Fellow in
Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Many followed this path to discovery, including Dr. Abelardo Aguilar. In 1949,
via soil samples he obtained from his backyard, Dr. Aguilar stumbled upon
𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 (now 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢), the bacteria that
would lead to the discovery of erythromycin. Erythromycin is an antibiotic used
in treating infections of the respiratory tract, Legionnaire’s disease, and
diphtheria, as well as urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted
diseases such as syphilis.

After Diosdado Banatao, a native from Cagayan Valley, developed the first
single-chip 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator in the 1970s. He went on to
create the world’s first system logic chip sets in 1981, which allowed the
integration of all of a computer’s essential data processing features into a small
package. He did not stop there, though. Banatao eventually came up with the
first Windows Graphics accelerator chip for personal computers. Thanks to
these breakthroughs, he earned himself a permanent place in the history of PC
development.