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

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

When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the only machine I had.

An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.

Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.

Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.

My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.