Gregorio Y.

Zara
Andres Cerrillo

Gregorios inventions and discoveries has affected the many aspects of future technology today.

Even before his famous invention of the two-way videophone, he was a already a remarkable scientist

because of his previous contributions. For example, before the invention of the videophone, he first

invented an airplane that was able to run on just plain alcohol as fuel, this invention inadvertently

sparked the idea of his invention: the videophone. (Bells, 2016) This invention had impacted the future

of video communication and inspired the idea of the now popular Skype and Facetime. Although the

videophone was one of Gregorios last invention, he still tried to pass on his legacy by writing numerous

papers and textbook (some were even written in French) about science and physics (Today in Philippine

History, March 8, 1902 Gregorio Y. Zara was born in Lipa City, Batangas, 2012). Although his science

helped impact future inventions, innovations and discoveries, he also indirectly inspired me.

Gregorios inventions and discoveries had impacted my aspirations to work in my dream career,

which is to become a coder in Google. His invention of the two-way videophone in a way inspired me to

pursue a career in computer engineering and/or computer coding. Not only did his inventions inspire

me, but also his awards and achievements also played a huge apart in my future aspirations because its

proved to me that anyone, no matter what race they are and what country theyre from, can achieve

something so big that it impacts the future of technology. Even after Gregorios prime of being an

inventor, he still somewhat inspired me because of the textbooks and papers he had written and his

instruction of aeronautics has sparked an idea to me that I, myself can mentor/inspire younger

generations, just like how Gregorio did to me. Although the images in my art piece may seem very

straightforward, they actually provide a deeper meaning in which it directly connects to himself.
 Every art piece hold a message, it just depends on how you perceive it. In this paragraph, I will

be telling you how I interpreted each image on my art piece. The two-way videophone contains the

most basic meaning on my art piece, it really represents his most famous and biggest invention that he

created for the world to have, it also represents the achievements that I could possibly make in the

future just like how he did. The MIT logo represent his biggest education and degree in science and how

this degree helped him achieve his dreams of becoming an inventor and the eventual invention of the

videophone, this also connects to me because these are one of my choices of education to achieve my

dream career. The emblem of the the Philippines represents his home country and that this does not

depend on the education he can get and what he can accomplish and that this was the foundation that

eventually led up to his discovery and inventions. Gregorio Y Zara was a remarkable scientist and

inventor, he not only inspired me, but he inspired the world with his inventions. My art piece wasnt to

be completed for the grade, but completed completed to honor him.

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