10 Filipino Inventor

1) Agapito Flores :

he is the inventor of florescent lamp.. because of him our World has been more brighter..:)

2) Pedro Flores :

inventor of YO-YO one of the most popular toy in the world

The word yo-yo is a Tagalog word, the native language of the Philippines, and means ‘come back.’ In the
Philippines, the yo-yo was a weapon for over 400 hundred years. Their version was large with sharp
edges and studs and attached to thick twenty-foot ropes for flinging at enemies or prey. People in the
United States started playing with the British bandalore or yo-yo in the 1860s.

It was not until the 1920s that Americans first heard the word yo-yo. Pedro Flores, a Philippine
immigrant, began manufacturing a toy labeled with that name. Flores became the first person to mass-
produce yo-yos, at his small toy factory located in California.

Duncan saw the toy, liked it, bought the rights from Flores in 1929 and then trademarked the name Yo-
Yo.

3) Roberto del Rosario :

Roberto del Rosario is the president of the Trebel Music Corporation and the inventor of the Karaoke
Sing Along System in 1975. Roberto del Rosario has patented more than twenty inventions making him
one of the most prolific Filipino inventor. Besides his famous Karaoke Sing Along System Roberto del
Rosario has also invented:

Trebel Voice Color Code (VCC)

piano tuner’s guide

piano keyboard stressing device

voice color tape.

4) Fe del Mundo :

Inventor of Incubator=Fe del Mundo, the first Asian to have entered the prestigious Harvard University’s
School of Medicine, is also credited for her studies that led to the invention of incubator and jaundice
relieving device. Del Mundo, an International Pediatric Association (IPA) awardee, is an alumna of the
University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine. Since 1941, she has contributed more than 100
articles to medical journals in the U.S., Philippines and India. In 1966, she received the Elizabeth
Blackwell Award, for her “outstanding service to mankind”. In 1977, she was bestowed the Ramon
Magsaysay Award for outstanding public service.

5) Eduardo San Juan :

Moon Buggy Inventor=Filipinos consider Eduardo San Juan as the inventor of the Lunar Rover, or more
popularly known as the Moon Buggy. The Moon Buggy was the car used by Neil Armstrong and other
astronauts when they first explored the moon in 1969. Eduardo San Juan, a graduate of Mapua Institute
of Technology (MIT), worked for Lockheed Corporation and conceptualized the design of the Moon
Buggy that the Apollo astronauts used while in the moon. As a NASA engineer, San Juan reportedly used
his Filipino ingenuity to build a vehicle that would run outside the Earth’s atmosphere. He constructed
his model using homemade materials. In 1978, San Juan received one of the Ten Outstanding Men
(TOM) awards in science and technology.

San Juan, however, was not listed as the inventor of the Moon Buggy in American scientific journals. It
said the vehicle was designed and constructed by a group of space engineers. In Poland, the Moon
Buggy is attributed to a Polish inventor. Worse, the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
does not recognize San Juan in its roster of outstanding Filipino scientists.

6) Gregorio Zara :

Videophone Inventor=Dr. Gregorio Zara of Lipa City and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology invented the videophone and developed the Zara Effect or Electrical Kinetic Resistance.

7) Abelardo Aguilar :

Erythromycin (Iloson brand antibiotic)=A Filipino scientist reportedly discovered erythromycin in 1949.
He was Dr. Abelardo Aguilar who died in 1993 without being recognized and rewarded for his discovery.
Reports said Aguilar discovered the antibiotic from the Aspergillus species of fungi in 1949 and sent
samples to Indiana-based pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly Co. The drug firm allegedly registered the
propriety name Iloson for the antibiotic in honor of Iloilo province where Aguilar discovered it. In 1952,
Eli Lilly Co. began the commercial distribution of Iloson, which was sold as an alternative to penicillin.
Erythromycin, the generic name of Iloson, was reportedly the first successful macrolide antibiotic
introduced in the US.

8) Diosdado Banatao :

Single-chip graphical user interface accelerator= Diosdado Banatao, a native of Iguig, Cagayan and an
electrical engineering graduate from Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila is credited for eight major
contributions to the Information Technology. Banatao is most known for introducing the first single-chip
graphical user interface accelerator that made computers work a lot faster and for helping develop the
Ethernet controller chip that made Internet possible. In 1989, he pioneered the local bus concept for
personal computers and in the following year developed the First Windows accelerator chip. Intel is now
using the chips and technologies developed by Banatao. He now runs his own semiconductor company,
Mostron and Chips & Technology, which is based in California’s Silicon Valley. (Source: Filipinas
Magazine)

9) Edgardo Vazquez :

Modular Housing Inventor= Edgardo Vazquez won a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
gold medal in 1995 for developing a modular housing system. Such a system called Vazbuilt is reportedly
capable of building within weeks a house with prefabricated materials that can withstand typhoons and
earthquakes. Ironically, Vasquez is not getting enough support from the Philippine government to
propagate his technology, which could help provide shelter to some five million Filipino families without
their own homes. Vazquez is the national president of the Filipino Inventors Society.

10) Rudy Lantano Sr :

Inventor of Fuel Products=In 1996, Rudy Lantano Sr., a scientist from the Philippine Department of
Science and Technology (DOST), won the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) gold medal
for developing Super Bunker Formula-L, a revolutionary fuel half-composed of water. The mix burns
faster and emits pollutants, 95 percent less than those released to the air by traditional fuel products.
The inventor said his invention is a result of blending new ingredients and additives with ordinary oil
products through agitation and mixing, which is a very safe process. The initial plan was to commercially
produce two million liters of Alco-Diesel, two million liters of Lan-Gas and an unlimited quantity of Super
Bunker Formula-L each day for customers in Luzon.