Medical Device technology is truly interdisciplinary.

The old university attitude of 'publish or perish' has changed. Students and academics are realising that institutions such as Imperial College are also wealth-generators. It is very satisfying to be in a university where you have the freedom to innovate and yet know that there is a path to translate your work into industry.

We can replace the big monitors in hospitals with intelligent, disposable plasters that you throw away after wearing for a couple of days.

Too much collagen will damage the skin. You will get collagen overload.

Patients can often be discharged from hospital, then re-admitted a few days later with complications.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't even do my A-levels.

I set out to create chips that used low-energy technology, and that has allowed me to develop devices that can do all their data crunching on site.

I just did not get on at my school. It completely failed to inspire me.

I am completely opposed to the concept of big data.

For my entire career, I have worked to bring electronic inventions to healthcare markets where there is a critical and urgent need.