13 new emerging local technologies for education, creative industries unveiled
The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) has unveiled 13 new human development projects that seek to benefit the country’s education and creative industries.

The projects were showcased during the third leg of the Science and Innovation Budding Opportunities for Leverage (SIBOL) webinar series organized by the DOST-PCIEERD on Tuesday, Aug. 10 “to help students cope with remote learning in an engaging way.” The Council funded the new projects on human development industries.
Among the projects unveiled by Filipino innovators during the webinar were the following:
-Resilient Education Information Infrastructure for the New Normal (REIINN);
-Development of Framework and Materials for Distance and Remote Learning via Datacasting;
-Mathematical Resources for Distance Learning Utilizing Community LTE Networks and Television Frequencies;
-Establishment of the PRR-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education and Research (SATER);
-Diachronic Representation and Linguistic Study of Filipino Word Senses Across Social and Digital Media Contexts;
- Philippine Science Centrum Travelling Exhibits;
-The Design, Implementation, and Analysis of a Digital/Mobile Game-based Learning Tool for Primary and Secondary Education;
-Education Game for Chemistry in the Senior High School and Junior High School sectors of Baguio City;
-Augmented Reality-based Lesson for the Improvement of Learning Achievement in Cell Biology for the STEM Curriculum;
-Physics Simulator Mobile Game;
-Game-based Learning Platform for Social Studies; Nurturing Interest in STEM Among Filipino Learners Using Minecraft;
-Development of Plasma Coating Process for the Furniture Industry; Cultural Adaptive Mapping Platform using Mixed Reality; and
-Augmented Reality-based Gamified Local Tourism and Cultural Heritage Promotion and Preservation.
In his message during the webinar, DOST-PCIEERD Executive Director Dr. Enrico C. Paringit cited the need to integrate these emerging technologies into our education system “in order to strengthen modes of instruction and keep students interested and engaged.”
“We are also optimistic that leveraging leading edge technologies and platforms will help us overcome the challenges in distance, the evolving needs for learning, and to continuing threats posed by the pandemic.” he said.