Rappler's latest stories on inventions
Smart screen from UP inventors soon to hit PH market
Smart Surface Technology transforms any flat surface into a screen with tap-sensitive functions, which can be used in a variety of consumer applications and at exhibits and conferences
Pisay students’ outstanding creative research vows to end traffic problems
PRESS RELEASE: The research is a proposed system for a more efficient method of managing traffic in intersections

Microsoft open-sources 60,000 patents to protect Linux
Microsoft hopes its move to support the Open Invention Network 'will attract many other companies to OIN, making the license network even stronger for the benefit of the open source community'

LOOK: La Salle students create ID case with power bank
Chargee is the brainchild of third year DLSU engineering students


Two Filipino inventions receive gold recognition in Geneva tilt
The winning inventions are a quick dengue detection system and a portable smart surface system
Flores’ fluorescent lamp and (our lack of) critical thinking
Instead of looking at Mocha Uson as a problem in and of herself perhaps we can also view her as a symptom of a deeper malady: our lack of critical thinking

From Basilan to Forbes: The young scientist behind biodegradable plastic bags
Forbes Magazine s young game changers under 30 include Amin Hataman the ARMM governor s 15 year old son who invented biodegradable bags made from coconut by product

No More Fruitcake 2014
[Science Solitaire] You may want to check out these 12 science themed items to give during this season

5 'green' Filipino-made innovations to watch out for
Here are 5 inventions spotted in the 2014 National Science and Technology Week that can help Filipinos live greener and more sustainably

Fil-Canadian teen invents flashlight powered by body heat
Ann Makosinski invented the thermoelectric flashlight just to help a friend back in PH who s studying amid blackouts but scientists say it can change the world
Filipino ingenuity at work in Yolanda aftermath
Power remains scarce in Tacloban but a resourceful resident finds a way
[Science Solitaire] The Ig Nobels: Wacky, silly science
Thanks to the Ig Nobel we know that bizarre silly and funny are also valid adjectives that nudge science both literally and figuratively
IN PHOTOS: PhilPop 2013
Competition turns lively affirmation of the tradition of pop festivals
WINNERS: Philpop Music Festival 2013
Here is the list of winners updated as they are announced
HIGHLIGHTS: Philpop 2013 Finals Night
Rappler brings you the event as it happens at the Meralco Theater
VOTE for your Philpop 2013 winner
Which of the songs by this year s Philpop finalists will you vote for?
EU agrees common patent to give inventors competitive edge
European Union leaders struck a deal to create a single European patent that will make it easier and cheaper to protect inventions