At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.

I just want things to work properly.

We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money

If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person.

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.

Engineering is treated with disdain, on the whole. It's considered to be rather boring and irrelevant, yet neither of those is true.