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Clark Freeport has expressed the possibility of adopting the Hybrid Road Train system of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to ferry employees from various locators of the Freeport zone, during the recently held media tour and demo ride at the Clark Freeport Parade Grounds.

Eyed as one of the possible solutions to ease Metro Manila’s traffic congestion and public transport woes, the Hybrid Road Train is a 40-meter long system of interlinked and airconditioned coaches. It is estimated to serve 650,000 passengers a day when it is rolled out, or 60 passengers per coach for a total of 240 passengers. The train can run at a top speed of 50kph.

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“Tonight, I would like to look back to where I came from and look forward to where I am going. I am a son of a farmer and my parents are very hard-working,” so stated the son of a sugarcane farmer in a forum attended by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) officials and staff, mediamen, and students.

All ears were on the young man as he confidently stood on the podium to tell them his story.

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STARBOOKS, the first digital science library developed by Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), will receive the American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Citation for Innovative International  Library Projects.

The  Science & Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station or STARBOOKS will receive the award on June 29, 2015 at the International Librarians Reception to be held at San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California, USA.  ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world, providing association information and advocacy resources for members, librarians, and library users.

According to the official announcement from the ALA, STARBOOKS was recognized for “making science and technology materials available to the general public in remote areas that have few information resources, no libraries and little or no Internet connectivity.”

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DOST’S AUTO PARTS TESTING FACILITY (Above) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Assistant Secretary and Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) Officer-in-Charge Roberto O. Dizon (left) accompanies DTI Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal (middle) and other guests during a site tour of the Auto-Parts Testing Facility inside the Taguig City compound of MIRDC, an R&D institute under the DOST system. Launched last June 18, 2015, the facility will serve as a testing center for local parts manufacturers to improve product quality and at the same time minimize expenses otherwise used for overseas testing. It has a range of equipment for testing services such as hardness measurement of metallic material and rubber, thickness measurement for base metal, simulated crash analysis, tire endurance testing, and accelerated corrosion tests. Among these is the 200T Universal Testing Machine (below), an electronic-mechanical material testing machine. (Photos by Ceajay N. Valerio, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)