Category Archive 'Inventions'

31.10.07

Pinoy inventor creates multimedia coffin

- Inventions, Science (general) -

By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

coffin.JPGWANT to keep those memories alive even when you’re dead? Use the high-tech coffin that has an LCD display panel.

The multimedia coffin was created by Filipino inventor Antonio Andes Sr. who thought of coming up with a more innovative method of paying respects to the recently deceased — by playing videos, music and images on an LCD monitor attached to the open side of a casket.

In an interview with INQUIRER.net, Andes said the LCD monitor is actually attached to a PC discreetly hidden near the casket. The videos, audio and photos can be provided by the family or friends of the deceased and can be rotated as a PowerPoint presentation.

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30.04.07

DOST eyes 1st RP-made electric vehicle

- Electric Cars, Inventions -

THE DEPARTMENT of Science and Technology, together with the Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), is developing the country’s first electric vehicle (EV) for mass transportation.

Leading the development of the EV is engineer Romeo Marave, who owns the rights to a prototype EV. He is being assisted by the DOST-Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research Development (PCIERD), the MIT School of Mechanical Engineering and several PEZA-accredited private firms, including an organization of motor car battery companies and a group that makes motoring parts.

In an interview, DOST-PCIERD Deputy Director Raul Sabularse said the EV project entered by the three agencies will focus more on improving the engine earlier developed by Marave.

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