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Communications often are down during natural disasters, but the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has developed a solution for this situation.

This solution is called Project ROGER or Robust and Rapidly Deployable GSM Base Station and Backhaul for Emergency Response network, a deployable GSM voice and SMS emergency network service that function when regular communications are unavailable after a natural disaster.

Project ROGER, funded by DOST and developed by UP Diliman’s Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, was conceived after the country’s experience with Super Typhoon Yolanda which destroyed communication lines, hampering rescue and relief efforts by the national and local governments.   

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As part of this year’s celebration of National Science and Technology Week (NSTW), the Department of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) conducted a writeshop for campus science journalists and mass communications students to mold a new breed of science communicators in the Philippines.

“The Art in Science Journalism Writeshop,” held last July 25, 2015 at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, gathered communications students, campus paper journalists, and professors from different educational institutions, mostly in Luzon.

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Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara interacts with students from Philippine Science High School-Cordillera Campus during the Science and Robotics Interactive Exhibits at the National Science and Technology Week recently held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.  On display are a remote controlled vehicle (far side of the table), a color sorter (middle) and a sun tracker, all of which were created by the students. The color sorter has a possible real life application in agriculture, specifically for sorting ripe and unripe fruits.  (Below) One of the students holds a flashlight above the sun tracker to demonstrate how it works.  Always facing the strongest source of light, the sun tracker can be used in solar panels to maximize the sun’s energy.  (S&T Media Service)

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A student tries out a refractor telescope used by DOST-PAGASA astronomers in observing celestial bodies. This telescope and other real-life weather monitoring instruments, high-resolution maps, interactive digital displays, and many more were on display at the 2015 National Science and Technology Week celebration from 24-28 July 2015 at the SMX Convention Center, SM MOA, Pasay City. (S&T Media Service)