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STS Chapter 5- Inventions AND Filipino Scientist

Science, Technology, and Society (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila)

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OTHER FILIPINO INVENTIONS

Solar Window by

Carvey Ehren Maigue

This invention successfully converted damaged

crops into a solar window. This solar window called

01 AuREUS, was inspired by how the Aurora Borealis is

formed. Aureus makes use of a substrate that

converts UV light into visible light. It aims to help

farmers whose crops are affected by typhoons

that heavily hit the country every year.

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Locally-Developed

COVID-19 Test Kits

by Dr Raul Destura's team

A researcher from the University of the Philippines -

National Institutes of Health (UPM-NIH) invented this

low-cost diagnostic kit which can detect the 2019

novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) with high specificity

and efficiency through a one-step multiplex real-time

polymerase chain reaction (PCR) platform.

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The AGAPAY project

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by Dr. Nilo Bugtai's team

The team of biomedical engineers from De La Salle University

(DLSU), led by Dr Nilo Bugtai, has created AGAPAY, a robotic

exoskeleton prototype with a biofeedback mechanism for

rehabilitation of post-stroke and injured patients by assisting

motor movements in the shoulder, arm, and hand. AGAPAY aims

to provide a cost-effective solution to production and works by

utilizing a real-time biofeedback system that records

neuromuscular activity using surface electromyography (sEMG).

GInhawa ventilator
by Dr Abundio Balgos' team

A research team consisting of pulmonologists and

biomedical engineers, led by Dr Abundio Balgos of UP

Manila, developed GINHAWA, a low-cost, compact, and

effective ventilator that both adults and children can use

safely. This project has the potential to help many patients

who are severely ill due to COVID-19.

GINHAWA, which features an embedded software protocol

for self-diagnosis and patient data analytics, costs 42 per

cent cheaper than similar portable ventilators intended for

04 use in ICUs, emergency rooms and ambulances.

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COVID-19 Budget

Tracker App
by Ken Abante

Abante has developed the #COVID19PH Citizen

Budget Tracker that works as a master list for how the

government is spending money to combat and

alleviate the effects of the disease. The tracker,

which can be accessed through this link, can track the

expenses used for PPE kits, food, subsidies, as well as

expenditures under President Rodrigo Duterte's

Bayanihan to Heal As One Act.

GAWANG PINOY. TATAK PINOY.

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