YoYo "Not Filipino Invention"

Pedro Flores

Yoyos date as far as back 500 B.C and at that time it could only played up and down to the string. But the Filipinos played it differently on the way how they tied the yoyo. In 1920, Pedro flores introduced to the world the different method of stringing the yoyo, which it is possible to do other tricks. 

He was born in Vintar, Ilocos Norte, Philippines and go to the United States in 1915. Between 1919 and 1920 he attended the High School of Commerce in San Francisco 1919-1920 and subsequently studied law at University of California, Berkeley and the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. Flores dropped out of school and moved to Santa Barbara, California and he worked as a bellboy,

A man playing YoYo

Between 1928 and 1932, Flores started and ran the Yo-yo Manufacturing Company in Santa Barbara before selling the company and trademark to Duncan who continued to market and sell Flores yo-yos alongside the Duncan line.

Furthermore, He registered this innovation under the trademark Flores YoYo. This is the reason why "yoyo" was considered a tagalog word and the Philippines has the distinction of officially naming the toy and perfecting of using it.

Many inventors tried to improve the yoyo but none came out and still better the original from the Philippines.

Lunar Roving Vehicle "Filipino made"

Moon Buggy also known as Land Rover

Eduardo San Juan, is a graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT). He worked for Lockheed Corporation and conceptualized the design of the Moon Buggy of the Apollo astronauts used while in the moon. He is a NASA Engineer and 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.

Philippines postage stamp commemoration

The Filipinos consider Eduardo San Juan as the inventor of the Moon Buggy or more popularly known as the Lunar Rover. The Moon Buggy was the car used by Neil Armstrong and other astronauts when they first explored the moon in 1969.

However, he 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 her in its roster of outstanding Filipino scientists.

Karaoke "One Man Band"

Robert R. Del Rosario

Roberto del Rosario was the president of the Trebel Music Corporation and the inventor of the Karaoke Sing Along System (also known as One man band) in 1975. Roberto del Rosario has patented more than twenty inventions making him one of the most prolific Filipino inventor. Besides his famous Karaoke Sing Along System Roberto del Rosario has also invented: Trebel Voice Color Code (VCC) and the piano tuner's guide

Patent No. UM-5269 dated 2 June 1983 for audio equipment and improved audio equipment commonly known as the sing-along system or karaoke

Patent No. UM-6237 dated 14 November 1986 audio equipment and improved audio equipment commonly known as the sing-along system or karaoke

He filed a lawsuit and after 5 years, he was given the sole authority over the local production of the equipment and later developed it to sing along system so that his voice students can have taped accompanied to practice anytime and sing-along system as a handy multi-purpose compact machine which incorporates an amplifier speaker, one or two tape mechanisms, optional tuner or radio and microphone mixer with features to enhance one's voice, such as the echo or reverb to stimulate an opera hall or a studio sound, with the whole system enclosed in one cabinet casing.

Camilo Magsaysay Tabalba "Electronic Telephone"

Electronic Telephone

A filipino engineer was part of the very important development of modern telephone. He is Camilo Magsaysay Tabalba as headed a team to make the electronic telephone.

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.

Quink "A filipino Invention"

Francisco Quisumbing, a chemist invented an indelible ink. He graduated from the University of Chicago under the american pensionado program.

It cleans the pen as it writes. The indelible ink dries quickly on paper but the liquid remains inside the pen. He called it Quink, short for Quisumbings Ink. He established his Quisumbing Ink Products, Co. in 1923 and supplied the government with his ink.

Parker Co. bought the rights to the ink with Dr. Quisumbing's  stipulation that the trademark will be remained.