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Revision as of 07:32, 14 December 2014
Biography
Entrepreneur and inventor, Magdalena Villaruz is an influential figure of the Philippines. She was born in the year 1934 and started her early life as a rice farmer.[1] She later went onto transforming agricultural technology by inventing the turtle hand tractor and many other ground-breaking inventions.[2] On February 1986, she was then awarded with the WIPO Gold Medal in Metro Manila for her inventions of the Turtle Hand Tractor also known as the power cultivator, as well as her several other inventions. On July 1995, she was awarded with another WIPO Gold Medal in Cebu, Philippines for her other inventions including the screen type thresher.[3] Her inventions helped the advancement of the Philippine agricultural technology.
Patented Inventions
- Turtle Power Tiller
- Rice Thresher
- Leveling Device
- Diaphragm pump
- Dual Diaphragm Pump
- Improved power cultivator
- Household rice huller
- Improved corn sheller
- Simplified Hand Tractor
- Combination Harrow-leveler
- Floating operator's seat
- Adjustable Engine Mount
- Three-wheeled vehicle with passenger seats
- Improved power cultivator assembly
- Blower for thresher discharge ejector
- Two-speed transmission assembly for power
- Improved Windmill
Recognition and Awards
- WIPO Gold Medal 1986 - Best Inventor
- WIPO Gold Medal 1995 - Best Woman Inventor
Oraganizations and Affiliations
- Philippine Invention Development Institute (PIDI)
- Technology Application and Promotion Institute,
Department of Science and Technology (TAPI/DOST)[5]
- United Nations Development Organization (UNIDO)
- National Agricultural & Fishery Council (NAFC)
- Experts on Technical Cooperation for Developing Countries (TCDC)
- ASEAN Productivity Center, Development Academy of the Philippines[6]
References
- ^ https://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/villaruz.html
- ^ Women Invent:Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World by Susan Casey (Chicago review Press, 1997) pp. 2-3. Patently Female by Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek (John Wiley and Sons, 2002) p. 131.
- ^ http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ip-outreach/en/awards/women/pdf/ph.pdf
- ^ http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ip-outreach/en/awards/women/pdf/ph.pdf
- ^ http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html
- ^ http://filipinoinventorssociety.com/main/images/stories/Hall_of_Famers.pdf/villaruz.pdf