1.

Karaoke Inventor
Roberto del Rosario, a Filipino is claiming the right for the invention of the Sing-Along-
System (SAS) that eventually led to the development of Karaoke, a Japanese term for
"singing without accompaniment". Among del Rosario's other inventions were the Trebel
Voice Color Code (VCC), the piano tuner's guide, the piano keyboard stressing device, the
voice color tape, and the one-man-band (OMB). The OMB was later developed as the Sing-
Along-System (SAS).
2. 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.
3. Water-Powered Car
For more than three decades now, Daniel Dingel has been claiming that his car can run with
water as fuel. An article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer said that Dingle built his engine
as early as 1969. Dingel built a car reactor that uses electricity from a 12-volt car battery
to split the ordinary tap water into hydrogen and oxygen components. The hydrogen can
then be used to power the car engine. Dingel said that a number of foreign car companies
have expressed interest in his invention. The officials of the Department of Science and
Technology (DOST) have dismissed Dingel's water-powered car as a hoax. In return, Dingel
accused them of conspiring with oil producing countries. Dingel, however, was the not the
only man on earth who is testing water as an alternative fuel. American inventors Rudolf
Gunnerman and Stanley Meyer and the researchers of the U.S. Department of Energy's
National Renewable Energy Laboratory have been pursuing similar experiments.
4. 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.
5. 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 Flores in its roster of outstanding
Filipino scientists.
6. Space Engineer
On June 25, 2002, the provincial government of Cavite awarded Edward Caro a plaque of
recognition for his 42 years of service at the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) in the United States where he helped launch the Shuttle Radar
Topography Mission or the Explorer. Caro, 70 and a native of Cavite retired from NASA in
2001. In return, NASA during the same year conferred Caro the Distinguished Science
medal, reportedly the highest honor it gives to its employees. (Source: Philippine Star)
7. Fluorescent Lamp Inventor
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. The fluorescent lamp, however, was not invented in a particular year. It was the
product of 79 years of the development of the lighting method that began with the
invention of the electric light bulb by Thomas Edison.Among the other inventors who
claimed credit for developing the fluorescent lamp were French physicist A. E. Becquerel
(1867), Nikola Tesla, Albert Hall (1927), Mark Winsor and Edmund Germer. French inventor
Andre Claude was recognized for developing the fluorescent tubular lighting systems. Yet,
he was not officially recognized as the inventor of fluorescent lamp. It was reported that
the General Electric and Westinghouse obtained Claude's patent rights and developed the
fluorescent lamp that we know today.
8. Videophone Inventor
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.
9. He Discovered Erythromycin
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.
10. Computer Guru
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)
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Lamp Fixing Invention
A Filipino inventor has developed a technology, which could revive a busted lamp (pundido)
and give it more years of functional life than those of new ones. Acclaimed by the Filipino
Inventors Society as timely and revolutionary, the Nutec system can prolong the life of
fluorescent lamps up to seven years. Nutec was developed by New World Technology,
headed by president Eric Ngo and chosen as the "Product of the Year" at the Worldbex
2000 Building and Construction Exposition held at the Manila Hotel. Engineer Benjamin S.
Santos, national president of the Inventors Society, called Nutec a timely invention.
14. Mole Remover
In 2000, Rolando dela Cruz developed an ingenuous formula that could easily remove deeply
grown moles or warts from the skin without leaving marks or hurting the patient. His
formula was extracted from cashew nut (Annacardium occidentale), which is common in the
Philippines. The formula won for dela Cruz a gold medal in International Invention,
Innovation, Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur in September 2000.
In March 1997, dela Cruz established RCC Amazing Touch International Inc., which runs
clinics engaged "in a non-surgical removal of warts, moles and other skin growths, giving the
skin renewed energy and vitality without painful and costly surgery."
15. Feminine Hygiene Product Inventor
Dr. Virgilio Malang won a gold medal for his invention "Psidium Guajava Effervescing
Gynecological Insert", a silver medal for his "Patient Side-Turning Hospital Bed", and three
bonze medals for his inventions "external vaginal cleanser", "light refracting earpick", and
"broom's way of hanging" at the Seoul International Fair in held South Korea in December
2002. There were 385 inventions from 30 countries that joined the competitions.