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The magic and wonder of robotics will be one of the major features on Day Four of the National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) as the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Science High School (DOST-PSHS) System holds a one-day Robotics and Interactive Science Exhibit entitled “Pisay, maka-Science dito!” on July 27, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Main Stage of the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

Students from different PSHS regional campuses will be showcasing their robotics and interactive science inventions to the public for a day of learning, fun, and amazement.

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Manila City officials, disaster risk reduction officers and Manila residents participated in a simulated flood and storm surge drill conducted last July 19 in Baseco, Tondo by PAGASA, an agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Tondo, which is near the mouth of Manila Bay, is vulnerable to storm surges.

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Wataru Sakuma, a Japanese designer based in the Philippines, is one of the newest adopters of the Department of Science and Technology - Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI) low-cost handicraft dryer (LCHD).

His company, the Cavite-based Masa Ecological Development, Inc. (Masaeco), is the maker of eco-friendly and world-class handmade paper products made mostly of local agricultural wastes such as pineapple and banana fibers and cogon grass.  Sakuma’s masterpieces are exported to the US, Europe, Japan and Australia.