A portable interactive screen developed by researchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman will soon hit the Philippine market as a spinoff company enters its final phase for technological commercialization.

With consumers increasing preference for healthier food options, the University of the Philippines Diliman - College of Home Economics developed the KamoTea or the Sweet Potato Leaf Extracts (SPLE) Beverages, which serve as healthier alternatives to artificially flavored juice drinks.

With the increasing number of e-vehicles used as both private and public transportation, the researchers from Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP EEEI) headed by Dr. Lew Andrew Tria,Engr. Leo Allen Tayo, and Engr. Rovinna Janel Cruzate have developed “CharM”, a fast charging system for electric vehicles.

The FISH-I Technology, developed by Dr. Prospero C. Naval Jr. of UP Diliman’s Department of Computer Science and Dr. Laura T. David of UP Diliman’s Marine Science Institute, is a cost-effective and efficient method of performing fish census using a camera and fish video software.

The Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD), through the Research Information and Technology Transfer Division (RITTD), continues to strengthen efforts in commercializing technologies generated by researchers through funding assistance.

Electronic products from the Philippines have a better chance of penetrating the international market as the Department of Science and Technology’s Electronics Product Development Center (DOST-EPDC), the Philippines’ premiere electronics testing center, gains its ISO 17025:2017 accreditation for electrical testing (EMC).

The Regional Workshop on Low-Carbon Technologies for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the ASEAN seeks to strengthen capacity and improve competitiveness of ASEAN MSMEs as well as reduce emissions through low carbon technologies. It aims to establish a regional platform for discussing best practices and technologies, and develop replicability strategies for energy efficiency and sustainable technology interventions in the ASEAN MSMEs.

To find ways to mitigate the harmful effects of the rising temperatures in urban areas, the DOST, through PCIEERD, and UP-TCAGP are assessing the development of urban heat islands in rapidly urbanizing and highly urbanized cities in the Philippines using satellites and modeling-simulation techniques.

Researchers from the Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) has recently uncovered valuable rare earth elements (REEs) from coal fly ash (CFA), a waste material generated by coal power plants.

In an effort to enable Local Government Units (LGUs) to deliver more efficient and accessible services to their respective communities, the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) awarded six municipal e-governance