Sa nagdaang mga taon, ilang Pilipino na ang nagpabilib sa atin dahil sa kani-kanilang imbensyon. Pero paano nga ba naisasakatuparan ng isang imbentor ang kanilang mga naiisip na ideya?
Panoorin ang #ImbentoYan, dokumentaryo ni Atom Araullo sa #IWitness.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/mXjtNSbuhk0
Panoorin ang #ImbentoYan, dokumentaryo ni Atom Araullo sa #IWitness.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/mXjtNSbuhk0
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00:00 James has come a long way from the first drawings and prototypes of Nano Crunch.
00:06 Are there many trial and error involved in making this device?
00:11 Yes, there are many.
00:13 I've been making this for 7 years.
00:16 Really? That long?
00:18 Yes.
00:19 I was given the idea that you don't need a lot of money to take that first step.
00:26 I started to see what I have right now.
00:30 I made some cartons, masking tape, and foam that is made of rubber.
00:36 I just tried it and it was just a shape.
00:39 I said, "Hey, it's okay. I think it can work."
00:41 James was a good boy.
00:47 He finished high school but he didn't continue to college.
00:52 Because of financial problems, he suffered from severe discrimination from his classmates.
00:59 Is it hard to grow up with that kind of condition?
01:04 I can say.
01:08 Sorry, flashback.
01:13 Is it very traumatic for you?
01:16 Yes, I would say.
01:21 Especially when I was young.
01:24 We couldn't afford mobility assistive devices.
01:30 Before, I was just a beggar.
01:33 You can see it on TV.
01:36 A beggar going to school.
01:39 Or on a skateboard.
01:42 That's when I saw that my life will be hard.
01:47 I'm going to be having a hard life.
01:50 Do you think that became a fuel for your innovation?
01:55 That hardship?
01:57 Yes.
01:58 Oh yeah.
01:59 I really believe that adversity is the mother of all inventions.
02:04 It's a cliche but it's true.
02:08 This pin is stainless.
02:10 James was made of experiences.
02:13 So to help his invention, he didn't hesitate to approach different groups and individuals to ask for help and advice.
02:24 I started sharing the vision with others, like carpenters, welders, and product designers in the Philippines.
02:33 That's when I realized that there's an opportunity here.
02:36 One of the people James asked for help was the Technology Application and Promotion Institute of DOST, or TAPI.
02:45 I went there.
02:48 I asked, "Sir, do you have programs for would-be inventors?"
02:55 Kaiser Arceo, the head of the Invention Development Division, was the one who reached out to him.
03:01 I was about to go home at that time, so I told him I'd talk to him.
03:06 When he came here, he had a concept.
03:09 I told him what he could do to develop his idea and see if it would work.
03:18 I didn't stay long and he came back to TAPI.
03:22 He already had a crude prototype.
03:25 Kaiser explained that there are many steps to develop an idea.
03:32 First, you need to make sure that the concept is unique.
03:39 Research it thoroughly. Maybe you have an idea that's different from the one you have.
03:44 Second, make a prototype.
03:47 From the drawing, it becomes real and you can already touch the invention.
03:53 It will undergo thorough testing to make the design better.
03:59 Then, the inventor can apply for the Intellectual Property Protection, or IPP,
04:10 so that no one can steal the idea.
04:13 TAPI and other divisions in DOST help in each phase of the process.
04:22 But the challenge for an inventor is not yet over.
04:28 His invention needs to reach the public.
04:34 Eventually, the idea needs to reach the market.
04:38 The best way to use an idea is to test it in the market.
04:44 Our funds are limited, so we need to make sure that our commercialized technologies are well prepared.
04:57 The process of commercialization is not easy, especially for Filipino inventors.
05:05 Most of them don't have funds to develop their ideas.
05:18 I think we can do it.
05:21 The conditions here in the Philippines are not conducive for inventors to put up their own business out of the inventions.
05:34 Is it hard to be an inventor in the Philippines?
05:38 It's very hard.
05:40 It doesn't mean that you can make money or that you can sustain your daily needs.
05:46 It's not just technical, but more on business, economics, and your relationships with people.
05:52 It's a very wide range.
05:54 [Music]
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