Manufacturing Is More Than Just Putting Parts

Anyone Developing New Products And New Technology Needs One Characteristic Above All Else: Hope.

Far Too Few Designers Put Any Thought Into Usability, Ending Up With A Great Product That's Completely Inaccessible.

I've Obviously Used Fans - I Wouldn't Say All My Life, Because We Couldn't Afford Them When I Was Young, But From My 20s And Onwards We've Had To Use Fans. And I've Always Loathed Them. Everything About Them. The Way You Adjust Them, Getting Them At The Angle You Want. Carrying Them. Cleaning Them. The Danger Of Putting Your Finger In Them.

If You Invent Something, You're Doing A Creative Act. It's Like Writing A Novel Or Composing Music. You Put Your Heart And Soul Into It, And Money. It's Years Of Your Life, It's Your House Remortgaged, Huge Emotional Investment And Financial Investment.

There Is No Such Thing As A Quantum Leap. There Is Only Dogged Persistence - And In The End You Make It Look Like A Quantum Leap.