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Filipino Inventions
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Rolando de la Cruz said he discovered the health properties of DeBCC (basal cell carcinoma), an Anti Cancer Skin Cream through an "accident." "I was a young boy then and I was eating cashew seeds when I felt a burning sensation. In tears, I ran to my mother, who told me in Kapampangan that it is the cashew seeds
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Angel Alcala, a Filipino Biologist, has more than thirty years of experience in tropical marine resource conservation. Angel Alcala is considered a world class authority in ecology and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles, and is behind the invention of artifical coral reefs to be used for fisheries in Southeast Asia.
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Many Filipinos acknowledge Agapito Flores as the inventor of the fluorescent lamp, which is the most widely used source of lighting in the world today. The fluorescent lamp reportedly got its name from Flores. Written articles about Flores said he was born in Bantayan Island in Cebu.
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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.
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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.
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Roberto del Rosario, a Filipino is claiming the right for the invention of the Sing-Along-System (SAS) in 1975 that eventually led to the development of Karaoke, a Japanese term for "singing without accompaniment". Roberto del Rosario is the president of the Trebel Music Corporation.
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