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

The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.

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

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

We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.

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

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