BONTOC, Mountain
Province -- A solar-powered light trap for rice insect created by three
students from Camalog National High School of Pinukpuk, Kalinga wins the SIBOL
Award – Student Creative Research for High School category of the 2019 Regional
Invention Contest and Exhibits (RICE) held on November 19 – 20 here.
The entry of
Alice Bayle, Brent Altero and Emmanuel Benzon, the eco - friendly physical
light trap is cheap, easy to fabricate, portable, durable and easy to operate.
Two solar powered light traps attract the rice insects then a blower strike
them down into a collection chamber where they will remain trapped.
Bayle, Altero
and Benzon were awarded with a certificate of recognition, P20, 000 cash prize
and the right to represent the Cordillera region in the 2020 National Invention
Contest and Exhibit (NICE) SIBOL Award - High School category.
For
the SIBOL Award -Student Creative Research for College, the
“Cognitime: Microcontroller-based Reaction and Movement Time Measuring Device
for the Qualitative Assessment of Human Cognitive Function” entry
of Saint Louis University students Sundee Aniver P. Marquez, Charles Rex
S. Tamayo, Jayves DJ Macuha, Harold Jim Bugtong and Kurt Estocada was adjudged
the regional winner.
For LIKHA
Award (Creative Research) – Government Funded category, regional winner is the
Cocoon Deflossing Machine invention of Norma Ramos, Espino Tiw – An and
Leonardo Dumalhin of the Benguet State University.
For the LIKHA
Award – Private Funded category, the “Double Load Radial Roller Bearing” by
Inoc Broncano of the University of Baguio won.
For the
Outstanding Utility Model category, regional winner is the Calamansi Peepling
Cookies by Lynlyn Bawagan, Leah Bartolome and Arsenia Bayongan of Kalinga State
University.
Regional
winners from each category will qualify as finalists for the NICE in 2020.
Member of the
Board of judges for the 2019 RICE are Virginia Aumentado and Maria Concepcion
Zabala of Intellectual Property Office – Philippines, Norberto Ambaga of DOST –
ITDA, Rolando Hipol of University of the Philippines – Baguio, Vhander Ramos of
DOST – ASTI and Leonardo Caligtan of PLGU Mountain Province.
DOST – CAR
Regional Director Nancy Bantog, in her keynote message during the closing and
awarding ceremony expressed their deepest appreciation to provincial government
of Mountain Province, the host school, their other partner agencies/institutions
and all the participating entries for the successful staging of RICE 2019.
Despite being conducted outside of Baguio City, it got overwhelming support
with 105 entries, more than double the 51 entries in 2017.
“I believe
that appreciation to science, technology and innovation activities among the
students, researchers and inventors is increasing thus harnessing your
creativity, inventiveness and science enthusiasm in coming up with these
outputs… better products, better processes and innovative ideas,” she said.
Bantog also
called for a continuing partnership in bringing science for the people as a
driver of inclusive development.
“Inventions
should always be solutions to problems of the general public or for the
industry among others and while there is a need there must be inventions. While
there are users, you still have lots to do in coming up with new and improved
things,” Bantog added.
The RICE/NICE
is an every two– year event of DOST and its attached agency,
Technology Application and Promotion Institute(TAPI), to give recognition to
the indispensable talent of Filipino inventors and to encourage others to
venture into science and technology and innovations. (JDP/CCD-PIA CAR)
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