Chapter 5: Philippine Inventions

Salamander

Salamander

The floating amphibious tricycle. It can drive over land and water and can carry six passengers. It was built on a compartmentalized, double-hull, fiberglass body that would not sink even if a section sustains damage.

Atoy Llave and Dominic Chang

Lamberto Armada

Who invented Salamander? and its Engineering team?

5kW Electric Engine

250 cc Gasoline Motor

2 Prototypes of Salamander

E-Jeepney

It runs on pure electricity supplied by rechargeable automotive batteries. It has no noise, no fumes, and no harmful emissions.

It can be charged overnight for about eight hours and run the next day for a minimum of 65 kms.

Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV)

pioneered the assembly of electric jeepneys in the Philippines

Rommel Juan

President of the Philippine utility vehicle, the corporation aims to manufacture jeepneys that release no harmful pollutants in the atmosphere

DARNA

the first jeepney was called ____ and named after a Filipino hero.

Medical Incubator / Bamboo Incubator

It was composed of two native laundry baskets of different sizes and made of bamboo

Fe Del Mundo

Medical Incubator / Bamboo Incubator

Dr. Fe Del Mundo

Her objective was to produce inexpensive inventions and can be reproduced by people with limited access to medical centers

Diosdado Bonatao

he developed the first single-chip graphical user interface accelerator that made computers work a lot faster

Diosdado Bonatao

co-produced the 1st microchip which is still used to this day by some computers

Single-Chip 16-bit Microprocessor

This invention by Bonatao has allowed computer users to use graphics for commands and not the usual type of commands in older computers.

Single-Chip 16-bit Microprocessor

It has allowed date processing to be a little faster using very little space

Diosdado Bonatao

He developed the world’s first system of logic chipset for IBM’s PC-XT and PC-AT.

He also developed the first Windows Graphics accelerator chip for personal computers.

Electrifilt or Electrifier or Electro Filter

t can be used to generate electricity, provide clean water in times of floods, storms and other calamities in remote areas.

Christian G. Sta. Romana and John Paul G. Santos

Who made Electro Filter?

Electrifilt or Electrifier or Electro Filter

portable device that can generate electricity from waste water that can power lamp posts in sidewalks and roads

Electrifilt or Electrifier or Electro Filter

It has the capacity to filter and cleanse water that can be used for daily consumption

be stored to a battery or energy grid that can power lamp posts in sidewalks

be made a natural fertilizer

the excess energy produced will ____ and the waste output of these could _____

Aisa Mijeno

Who invented the Salt Lamp?

Aisa Mijeno Salt Lamp

Her vision is “to light up the rest of the Philippines sustainably”

SaLt lamp (Sustainable Alternative Lighting lamp

an environment-friendly and an alternative light source that runs on saltwater, making it suitable to those who live in coastal areas and remote barrios

two tbsp. of salt

one glass of tap water

catalysts

metal alloys

Salt Lamp composed of - and can last for eight hours

Galvanic cell; Saline Solution

Salt Lamp utilizes the same principle as the ______ but uses ______ making it harmless and non-toxic.

Edgardo Vasquez

Vazbuilt: A Modular Housing System

Edgardo G. Vasquez

was awarded the Golden Medal Award as the Most Outstanding Inventor of the year in the Creative Research Category by the Filipino Inventors Society.

Edgardo G. Vasquez.

Best invention of the Year for his modular housing system

Edgardo Vasques’ Vazbuilt Housing System

He built fire-proof, termite-proof and earthquake-proof in less than a month using prefabricated posts and panels

Vazbuilt

Highly-engineered method for construction of buildings for residential and commercial purposes. Practical, cost-effective and does not require special skills or heavy equipment. Allowing easy assembling and dismantling of components for expansion and home improvements with a lesser workforce.

Mosquito Ovicidal or Larvicidal Trap

Aims to control the population of the dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes

female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

the scent of the solution attracts _________ to lay their eggs on the lawanit stick

Mosquito Ovicidal or Larvicidal Trap

was developed by leading Filipino entomologists and DOST scientists. The trap does not kill the mosquito but the hundreds of eggs it lay or called larvae.

Vazbuit and Multi-Cooler Fan

What are two inventions of Edgardo Vasquez?

Multi-Cooler Fan by Vasquez

It can surround an area of up to 80 meters with cool mists. A turbo version of industrial use with diameters of three feet, seven feet, 15 feet, and 24 feet

Diwata-1

is the first of the two micro-satellites in the Philippines

55x35x55 cm ; 50kg

Diwata 1 - was built and designed by Filipinos, measuring _____ and weighing _____

April 27 2016

Diwata 1 was launched and deployed to orbit on _____________

Diwata -1

capture data and images for about 1000 selected areas in the Philippines to assist in weather observation, disaster risk management, environmental monitoring and preservation of cultural and historical sites, crop inventory, and monitoring of coastal waters for the security of the country’s territory

Diwata-2

This is in preparation for the expected end of Diwata-1's useful life by November 2018 due to decay and the gravitational pull of the Earth.

October 29, 2018 ; Tanegashima Space Center ; HHIA F40 rocket.

The Diwata-2 project was successfully launched to space on ______ from the ______ in Japan via ________

Solar array panels and Amateur radio antennas

Diwata 2 features two deployable systems, what was it?

213 ; radio

To prolong its useful life, Diwata-2 will be launched to an orbit _______ kilometers higher than Diwata-1's. To improve communications, Diwata-2 will also be equipped with a _____________

Pinoy Hybrid Electric Train

The first Filipino hybrid electric train (HET)

April 24, 2019

When was Pinoy HET launched?

120 million pesos ; Alabang PNR station and Binan, Laguna on April 24

HET costs and made a round trip between ____

May 6, 2019 ; 19 days

Pinoy HET scheduled operations started on ________ and it runs by the PNR via the same routes for ________ as part of its turnover process.

Francisco Quisumbing - Quink Ink

invented a fountain pen ink in 1931.

Francisco Quisumbing

He was a Filipino Botanist who got his PhD in Taxonomy, Systematics and Morphology from the University of Chicago in 1923

Quisumbing Ink or Quink Ink

It has been sold in the United States since 1931. It has the desired quality of ink flow, has resistance to water and molding. not corrosive and dries quickly.