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.

We’re taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven’t, you need to do things the wrong way. Initiate a failure by doing something that’s very silly, unthinkable, naughty, dangerous. Watching why that fails can take you on a completely different path. It’s exciting, actually. To me, solving problems is a bit like a drug. You’re on it, and you can’t get off.

Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.

Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are.

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

Fear is always a good motivator.

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