Dyson discusses his new blade hand dryer (I can attest from first "hand" experience that it works extremely well) as well as the importance of encouraging young students to pursue engineering and science, if they are so inclined.
According to Dyson most politicians in China and Japan have science or engineering backgrounds???whereas US pols tend to specialize in law???and consequently those cultures tend to better value engineers' ability to drive invention and national industry. And (as mentioned in this broadcast) President Obama agrees; he said in an interview published in last week's NYT Sunday Magazine that he'd like to see moreengineering majors and fewer derivitives traders.