So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.
Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.
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.
It is an extreme perversion of capitalism if you can trade in something before you have even paid for it.
Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.
China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.
As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them.
Reality TV is anything but.
Now, we don't teach children in schools to be creative. We don't teach them to experiment. We want them to fill in the right answer, tick the right answer in the box.
The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person.
Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.
I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.
The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.
We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.
There's nothing wrong with things taking time.
Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.
I'm afraid I am tidy, and I have to be because the office is open plan and my glass office door is literally always open.