Children want the challenge of difficult tasks - just look how much better they are than their parents on a computer.

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.

It's the unlikely juxtaposition of creativity and logic which causes the wooliness and confusion around the term 'innovation'. Everybody wants to be innovative; many companies and ideas are proclaimed to be innovative and no one doubts that innovation is a money spinner. And, thus, we are all looking for the magic formula. Well, here you go: Creativity + Iterative Development = Innovation.

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

Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.

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

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.