filipinos are ingenious abroad ....but in the philippines they are hampered.
Renowl
host to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). It only highlights
this sad fact. We went from food security to food dependency over the last 2-3
decades. It's like a student failing an arithmetic exam even after being
allowed to use a calculator!
We were showered with more than our fair share of blessings. Yet we all but
squandered the wealth of the land and our gifts from God. The Jews fought and
wandered for centuries and all they got for their trouble was a piece of desert
land surrounded by hostile kingdoms. And yet they are far more prosperous than
we are. Why?
Maybe we should face the following realities about ourselves:
1. We don't have the commercial acumen to turn our "inventions" and
"discoveries" into competitively marketable products and services.
Multinationals do that for us.
2. We exhibit our best traits (including our much-touted "ingenuity") abroad.
In such cases, it therefore follows that what Filipinos accomplish, say, in the
US, belongs to America and not the the Philippine nation. The Philippine nation
has failed to provide the environment for Filipinos to excel.
You be the judge:
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Here, I hope these Kababayans will make you proud.
Do you know that Diosdado Banatao, an engineer from Cagayan, Philippines, made
GUI (graphical user interface (GUI) possible? Without which we will still be
limited to that green monitor that can only display text?
- 64% of Asian-Americans were netizens and 85% of Fil-Am homes have computers?
Here'a some more from R. Balboa, what else did Filipinos invent? - Clonal mist
technology for hardwood trees, commercial fluorescent lamp, karaoke, etc.
-Polio vaccine was discovered using Philippine monkeys. [My personal favourite
- the Webmaster]
-Zebronkey, half-zebra and half-donkey, was first bred in Manila Zoo in 1962.
-Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III demonstrated that tilapia's fry fed with sex
hormones can turn female potential fry into male.
-The Filipino doctor who co-created the drug Erythromycin (Ilosone®) from
Iloilo soil was Abelardo Aguilar.
-In Spring 1999, the water-based insect buster called Household Insecticide
(HI) won Gonzalo Catan Jr. the Silver Medal at the 27th International
Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland. This Filipino innovation makes
use of 21 useful microorganisms, among other materials, to kill flies,
mosquitoes, termites, ants, roaches, as well as dog ticks, fleas and lice.
-Two Filipino inventors scored a pair of gold medals in the International
Invention, Innovation, Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2000)
held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in September 2000. Engr. Cornelio Seño of Los
Banos, Laguna and Rolando dela Cruz garnered golds for their inventions called,
respectively, "Pressure Fluid Machine" and "Topical Formulation in Removing
Warts, Moles and the Like Using Cashew Nuts (Annacardium occidentale)." Dela
Cruz spent 25 years of research for his winning cashew nut preparation known as
Dewart and Demole. Seno has four US and four Philippine patents under his name.
-The University of the Philippines developed an anti-cough medicine (Ascof) and
a diuretic (Releaf) from Philippine herbs lagundi and sambong, respectively,
which won a silver in the 1997 International Inventors' Fair in Switzerland.
The research papers were organized by Dr. Francis Gomez.
-Besides inventing the banana vinegar, Maria Carlita Rex-Doran also produced an
ampalaya (bittermelon) concoction for diabetes mellitus and HIV infection. The
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) conferred on her the Gold Medal
in 1989, four years after another Filipina inventor, Olympia Gonzales, achieved
the same award.
-Who first made the banana catsup and the pineapple vinegar? Maria Ylagan Orosa
of the Philippines.
-Dr. Ramon Barba discovered that spraying mango trees with potassium nitrate
induced flowering all year round. This technology made the Philippines a
leading exporter of mangoes and mango products such as candy, puree and juice.
-In 1971, a team was led by Dr. Emerita V. de Guzman in making the first
makapuno (coconut mutant for delicacies) harvest from a test tube... A student
at the University of Santo Tomas named Teodula K. Africa made the first nata de
coco (fermented coconut gelatin) in 1979.
-Milagros A. Ramos invented the submerged method of cultivating edible mushroom
mycelium (the vegetative stage of mushrooms) in liquid medium in 1963. Her
concept departed from the traditional bed-culture method.
-The world's rice research leader, International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI), is located in Los Baños, Laguna Philippines... The leading rice
exporter is Thailand, followed by the USA... The Philippines' foremost rice
breeder, Dr. Rodolfo Aquino, was one of the scientists who developed IR8, the
1966 strain of the rice variety that launched Asia's "Green Revolution."
{Written Aug 15 99... In 1970, Dr. Ricardo Lantican of Los Baños led a corn
research that saved America's corn industry from the Southern leaf blight.
-Dr. Nic Liquido pioneered the research on light-activated dyes that control
many fruit flies. He is a University of the Philippines (UP) alumnus and former
lab director of the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Research Service. {Written
Aug 15 99... Dr. Baldomero Olivera, a UP Summa cum Laude graduate, discovered
conotoxins, a bunch of biomolecules in Philippine marine snails now used in
international neuroscience research... A seacone known scientifically as Conus
lapulapu was named after Lapulapu, the Philippine hero who killed Ferdinand
Magellan in war.
-Dr. Florante Quiocho, a Filipino scientist, solved the structure of calmodulin
bound to its ligand (calcium).
-Urine is normally used in drug detection, but Dr. Enrique Ostrea discovered
that the use of meconium (the baby's first stools) was more sensitive since the
drugs taken by the mother accumulate in the fetus' intestines. This mec test is
now used by the US National Institutes of Health, and Ostrea has received
numerous awards and US patents.
-Dr. Jorge Camara, a University of the Philippines graduate, made history as
the world's first doctor to use teleophthalmology when he guided Dr. Susan
Senft in removing an eye tumor via two-way, closed circuit television in 1999.
-In the 1970s, immunologist Eduardo A. Padlan, together with Dr. D. R. Davies,
used x-ray crystallography to study the antibody, which was helpful in
diagnosing cancer cells and in understanding the immune system as a whole. Ned
Teves, a Filipino anesthesiologist, invented the endotracheal tube cardiac
monitor. {Written Aug 15 99
-Wilmo Orejola, a Filipino surgeon, created the harmonic scalpel, an ultrasonic
surgical knife that doesn't burn flesh. He has more than a dozen medical and
toy patents in the US and in the Philippines... Francis Duhaylongsod, a
Filipino heart surgeon in Hawaii, invented an operation called
minimally-invasive cardiac surgery. This uses smaller cuts into the body,
reducing the nine-week recovery period to two.
-The orthopedist who authored the ''Fracture Classification Manual'' now widely
used all over the world was who? Ramon Gustilo, a Filipino surgeon who holds
nine patents for artificial bone replacement systems.
-Dr. E. V. Macalalag Jr., chief urologist of the Philippine Army General
Hospital, discovered that water from young coconut could be used as universal
urinary stone solvent. He named this procedure as bukolysis.
-Who invented the fluorescent lamp? Thomas Edison discovered the electric light
and Nikola Tesla invented the fluorescent lighting. But the fluorescent lamp we
use today was invented by Agapito Flores, a Filipino electrician. Americans
helped Filipino politicians to develop it for worldwide commerce. General
Electric has denied this. Similarly, the anti-cancer drug Taxol was invented by
Filipinos using Philippine yew (Taxus matrana) but patented by Americans.
-Francisco Quisumbing, a Filipino chemist, invented Quink pen ink which he sold
to Parker for international consumption. The ink cleans the pen as it writes,
dries quickly on paper, and remains liquid inside the tube.
-Juanito A. Simon, a US-educated and -trained metallurgist who smoothly speaks
Kapampangan, formulated the Per'tua motor lubricant internationally known as
Tribotech (www.tribotech.com). This product is now used by McDonnell Douglas in
AH-65 Apache combat support helicopters, Boeing autoclaves and giant ovens
which bake vital aircraft parts.
-A rust-proofing and water-coating material rolled into one called Marglue
Marcoat was invented by Margie Centeno of the Philippines.
-Melano tells the contents of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank and
automatically shuts off gas flow to the burner once a hose or tank leaks. This
safety device was created by Arquillo Melano Sr. and had never been instituted
by American, European and Japanese manufacturers earlier.
-Felix D. Maramba Sr. invented the power generator fed by charcoal and coconut
oil.
-Dr. Antonio Mateo made the double-flaring tool (DFT) for plumbing installation
for airtight sealing of joints. He was awarded the WIPO Gold Medal in Geneva,
Switzerland in 1994. His company AMECOS also markets the fire blanket, a
Filipino innovation that saves lives and properties in case of fire.
-NEW! WIPO Inventor of the Year 1995 Edgardo Vazquez brought home the Gold
Medal for the modular housing called Vazbuilt. This is a system for building
fire-, termite-, typhoon- and earthquake-proof houses in less than a month
using prefabricated posts and panels. Engr. James Reamon also took a gold from
the WIPO in 1984 for his Jimbo Ventilation System. {Added Jan 30 01
-Rodolfo Arambulo of Laguna, Philippines developed Multishock, a bullet type
that increases the firepower and stopping power of an ordinary gun with
multiple hits in a single shot. It is considered as the first of its kind in
the world.
-Engr. Leonardo Gasendo of Manila made the super windmill as well as the salt
evaporator. {Written Aug 15 99
-Architect Eddie Urcia, a Bicolano who owns a bicycle factory in Brunei,
invented and patented the world's fastest bike with 48-gear combinations.
-Filipina Margie Talaugon made the first car seat pillow for a child... The
windshield wiper was the 1903 idea of Alabama's Mary Anderson.
-Filipino inventor Daniel Dingel started working on a water-powered car and
prototype in 1969. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, his hydrogen
reactor uses electricity from a 12-volt car battery to transform ordinary tap
water with salt into deuterium oxide or heavy water. European and other foreign
cars run on liquid hydrogen, not ordinary water; they also make use of fuel
cell engines instead of internal combustion engines. (Dingel's car has never
been patented and commercialized because of what he suspects as an anti- Dingel
car conspiracy by multinational oil companies.) {Added Summer 99
-Roberto del Rosario invented 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) to aid his voice students.
His first model came out in the 1970s, and was copied by the Japanese who named
their device the karaoke. The July 24, 1999 Philippine Daily Inquirer reported
that Del Rosario filed a suit and was consequently awarded sole authority over
karaoke's Philippine production.
-Ironmate, a device that automatically shuts off electricity when a flatiron is
rested on it, was designed by Rodolfo Biescas Sr. of Albay, Philippines.
-Camilo M. Tabalba, a Filipino engineer, headed a team to make the telephone
electronic in 1970. By 1975, he published his findings, including the
development of the dynamic transducer (a transmission circuit replacing the
carbon transmitter). His work helped in the development of the modern Touchtone
phone.
-Engr. Jose Zafaralla of Mariano Marcos State University in Batac, Ilocos Norte
invented a machine that makes straight bamboo poles for use in making furniture
and other bamboocrafts.
-The 22-watt reflectorized circular lamp was built in a wooden box by Eduardo
Sta. Ines. The auxiliary is a plastic diffuser and a stainless-steel reflector
that gives a bright and wide illuminator.
-Dr. Josefino Comiso, a Filipino physicist with NASA, first discovered a
recurring polynya (semipermanent area of open water in sea ice) in the
Cosmonaut Sea, south of the Indian Ocean.
-The first Filipina engineer to become NASA Space Mission manager was Angelita
Albano Castro Kelly, who studied Mathematics/Physics at the University of Santo
Tomas in Manila and finished Summa cum Laude. She traces her roots to Bacarra,
Ilocos Norte.
-Filipino Eugene Resos designed the pilot seat for Boeing 747 jumbo jet in
1968. {Written Aug 15 99
-Flying in 1954 at the Manila International Airport, the airplane with an
engine using alcohol was invented by Dr. Gregorio Zara (born on March 8, 1902).
He also made the TV-telephone (videophone), a device that enables callers to
view each other onscreen.
-Who created the Lunar Rover or moon buggy used in 1969 by American astronauts
who first landed on the moon? A Filipino employee of Lockheed Corporation
christened Eduardo San Juan.
-Filipino astronomers Edwin Aguirre and Imelda Joson discovered Asteroid 6282
(called Edwelda after their first names), an asteroid orbiting the sun between
Mars and Jupiter.
-Dr. Jose B. Cruz used engineering and mathematics to devise the comparison
sensitivity matrix for evaluating changes occurring in different components -
from the parts of an ordinary flashlight to the automatic control and feedback
of a Patriot missile. He graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of the
Philippines.
-Who pioneered the padding or translational technique now widely used in
complexity theory? Dr. Carlos H. Ibarra, a Filipino professor at University of
California (Santa Barbara) who has been a leading researcher on the design and
analysis of algorithms, the theory of computation, computational complexity,
parallel computing and digital libraries.
-Edward Sanchez, a Mensan, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine
Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology. {Written Aug 15 99
-The inventor of the one-chip video camera was Marc Loinaz, a Filipino resident
of New Jersey who works with Lucent Technologies. He was featured in the July
1999 issue of Discover Magazine.
-Diosdado Banatao, an engineer from Cagayan, Philippines, pioneered graphics
acceleration, introducing the world's 1st graphical user interface (GUI)
accelerator. He also contributed designs like the ethernet, a networking
protocol plugged into PCs... Asian-Indian Vinod Dham made the Pentium chip for
Intel and the K6 processor for AMD.
I hope one of these Filipinos will make you proud, not to mention Carlos P.
Romulo, Ben Cayetano, Lea Salonga, your mom and dad, and of course Jose Rizal.
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H. David Pembrook
>wandered for centuries and all they got for their trouble was a piece of
>desert
>land surrounded by hostile kingdoms. And yet they are far more prosperous
>than
>we are. Why?
Scrupulous honesty?
>1. We don't have the commercial acumen to turn our "inventions" and
>"discoveries" into competitively marketable products and services.
>Multinationals do that for us.
Would a Filipino multinational corporation act any different from a Dutch,
British or American multinational? If so, why?
>2. We exhibit our best traits (including our much-touted "ingenuity") abroad.
Voluntarily, or, are you forced to comply with the much higher standards of
integrity enforced in most of the rest of the world?
>Here, I hope these Kababayans will make you proud.
<snip another long list of bullshit>
~~~~~
"When a true genius appears in the world,
you may know him by this sign, that the dunces
are all in confederacy against him."
- Jonathan Swift
Renown L
from R. Balboa's Filipino Trivia:
http://balboa99.tripod.com
http://www.filipinotrivia.com
Then it was stolen by Gil R. Ramos, Ph.D. of OFW-News Yahoo group from
Bionat's site.
Then it was plagiarized by columnist William Esposo of inq7 from
Ramos' Yahoo group.
Indeed, Filipinos and Filipino-Americans excel not only in inventing
but also in plagaiarism.
ren...@aol.com (Renowl) wrote in message news:<20040326040601...@mb-m18.aol.com>...