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History and development of Science and Technology in the Philippines
50,000 B.C TO 500 B.C
SIMPLE TOOLS AND WEAPONS
STONE
JEEPNEY
AGE
During the Stone Age Period, the
population made use of simple tools and
weapons made out from stone flakes, to
which they further developed into
equipment for sawing, drilling, and
polishing hard stones. Furthermore, the
people during this time also produced
adzes ornaments of seashells, and pottery.
incubator
On 1941, a pediatrician named Fe del Mundo,
constructed a medical incubator by
stacking two native washing baskets with
varying sizes inside each other. Hot water
bottles were placed around them in order
to generate warmth. A covering was then
temporarily paced on top of the
overlapping baskets to allow oxygen
circulation. This innovation was created in
order to meet the needs of the population
to maintain the newborn's body
temperature in areas without access to
power.
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IRON
During the Iron Age, the early
inhabitants of the Philippines engaged
in iron extraction from ores, smelting,
and refining. During this period, cotton
weaving, creation of glass ornaments,
and lowland rice cultivation were also
rampant.
video
phone
Motivated by the deaf's experienced
hardships, scientist Gregorio Zara
developed the first ever videophone
with its official name "Photo Phone
Signal Separator Network". Followed by
AT&T's invention and videophone
release in 1970, Zara's innovation became
the basis for current videophone
devices.
Coastal
TRADE
On the Tenth Century A.D, the early
Filipinos discovered what became one
of the most highly developed
technology during their time as they
learned how to build boats that were
later on used for coastal trading.
After his astonishing creation, Filipino
Inventor Rolando dela Cruz received a
gold medal at the prestigious
International Inventor's Forum held last
November of 2005 for his invention of an
Anti- Skin Cancer Cream during the 1970s.
The cream was created from a mixture
of cashew nuts and other local herbs. It
is used specifically for basal skin
carcinoma (BSC), which is known as the
most prevalent type of skin cancer
worldwide.
Escuelas y Hospitales
During the Spanish Regime, Schools
and Hospitals were established and
Scientific Research was then utilized to
which resulted in the rise of the
country's professions.
VAZBUILT
Modular Housing System
Held in Geneva on the year 1995, Edgardo
Vazquez won the "Inventor of the Year" award
from the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) due to his contribution
of inventing a pre-fabricated or ready-to-built
housing system. Soon enough, Vasquez
opened 'Vazbuilt"- his very own construction
firm to publicize his invention.. These housing
systems serves to be beneficial as it could
potentially solve the country's housing
backlogs as it would take less time to build,
and provides easy dismantle in events of
relocation or expansion.
Dubbed as the "King of the Road", the
Jeepney sure is known to be the most
popular mean of transportation in the
Philippines. In 1932, a Filipino entrepreneur
modified cheap imported German DKW
vehicles with side-entry carriages as
attachments and create it into a vehicle
that would seat more passengers.
As a response to former President
Benigno S. Aquino III's call for a more
accurate and responsive disaster
prevention and mitigation system, the
Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) created the Project NOAH
initiative which harnesses technologies
and management services for disaster
risk reduction especially in high-risk
areas. Among these services are
enhancing the geohazard mapping
through LIDAR, coastal hazards and
storm surge mitigation, and flood
information networks.