Kids are intimidated by the way science and technology is presented. It's made, frankly, quite boring and it becomes part of a curriculum that chases particularly women and minorities away.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions

More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.