Leyte Project Visit
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SC Global Coco Products Inc. Managing Director Emmanuel S. Licup explains to Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario G. Montejo and the media how coconut products are processed during DOST’s recent project visit. DOST’s Regional Standards and Testing Laboratories provided the Issuance of Certificate of Formula of Conversion and Laboratory Services (calibration of test weights) to SC Global Coco Products Inc. which is located in Brgy. Caridad, Baybay City, Leyte.
Int’l expert vouches for automatic smarter homes for better elderly healthcare
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Elderly patients need not leave their homes to go to a hospital for healthcare services. Instead, healthcare may be brought right into the comfort of their homes.
According to Dr. Mohamed Jamal Deen, president of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada, this will be achieved via ICT mechanisms which will make “Automatic Smart Homes” possible. Dr. Deen is a leading expert in modeling, design and applications of modern advanced semiconductor devices and circuits.
Deen delivered a lecture on “Smarter Homes, Better Healthcare” recently during an event organized by the Department of Science and Technology-National Academy of Science and Technology (DOST-NAST) held at the Manila Hotel.
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DOST announces qualifiers of NCR Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits
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Engr. Edgar I Garcia, director of Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI), and Dr. Teresita C. Fortuna, director of DOST-NCR awards Eduardo P. Urcia for winning the Outstanding Invention or Tuklas Award for his invention called “Pre-Cast Composite Block-Panel with Assembly of Recycled Cylindrical Cardboard Rolls Infill” during the 2015 Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits awarding ceremony at the Technological Institute of the Philippines in Quezon City. (Photo by Gerry Palad / Text by Ma. Lotuslei Dimagiba)
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P’sinan universities thankful for DOST’s STARBOOKS
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SAN CARLOS, PANGASINAN- Three universities in Pangasinan now have access to the country’s first digital science library being the new recipients of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Science and Technology Academic and Research-based Openly Operated Kiosk Station or STARBOOKS.
Developed by experts from DOST’s Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST- STII), STARBOOKS is a standalone, one-stop information source, containing thousands of S&T resources in various formats- text and audio or video, placed in especially designed pods made with user- friendly interface.
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