FILIPINO INVENTORS (NATIONAL)
Leonardo Salvador Sarao Sr.
INVENTION
“Jeepney”
Leonardo Salvador Sarao Sr. was the founder and owner of
the Sarao Motors, a company known for designing,
manufacturing and selling the jeepney, the most popular
mode of transportation in the Philippines.
FILIPINO INVENTORS (REGIONAL)
Magdalena Smith Villaruz
INVENTION
“Turtle Power or Ba-o Ba-o”
She was the 1986 Most Outstanding Inventor of the
Philippines awarded by the World Intellectual Property
Organization. She has 15 patented inventions, the most
famous of which is the tiller bearing the trade mark "Turtle
Power" and commonly known to Ilonggo farmers as "ba-o
ba-o". It can plow 1.3 hectares of rice fields submerged in
water in 6-8 hours, which normally takes a carabao three
days. Her other inventions are the Mag Thresher, Winnower
and Beetle Tractor
Roberto Del Rosario
INVENTION
“Karaoke”
Roberto Legaspi del Rosario was a Filipino entrepreneur who
is best known as the patentholder of the Sing Along System,
a type of karaoke system he developed in 1975. Due to the
fact that he was the first to patent a karaoke system, he is
often erroneously referred to as the inventor of karaoke.
Rodolfo Mesa Jara
INVENTION
“Mesa Rhythm Indicator”
Inventor of the Mesa Rhythm Indicator. This patented
invention (Philippine Patent No. 4824) indicates accurately
the pregnancy-free period of a woman, rendering the use of
condom and other birth control devices unnecessary.
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Travis Jim C. Alicante, Benjamin Ford M. Cepe and Lee Arkin C. Gervacio were
accompanied by their Science class adviser, Benjie C. Alejo

Alejo said the Grade 6 pupils from Antique won for the first time in the regional Scilympics for their
robot invention entry.
“We call the robot invention as Project Metamorphosis and it is intended to save lives,” Alejo said.
His wife Charis M. Alejo serves as his co-adviser.
Alejo said the robot invention has eight sensors capable of detecting environmental hazards such as
smoke and strong wind velocity.
“The robot can initially be sent when there is a smoke so that the worker can prepare to use the
necessary complete personal protective gear upon the detection of the danger to prevent harm,” he
said.
Cepe, who is the team leader, said their robot could be likened to a caterpillar because it could climb.
“Our invention is unique for it could perform many things,” he said.
 Activity in
GEC 8
Activity 1:
“ Inventors and their Inventions”

Submitted by: Francis Jhun D. Lamigas

Submitted to: Ms. Kriza Joy C. Almaquer