NOVA Minute: Big Inventions

Published: Nov. 10, 2010, 6 p.m.

b'NOVA Minutes are a regular radio features that air three times per week on 89.7 WGBH-FM in Boston. In this episode hear from engineer Colin Angle, cofounder of iRobot, the company that makes the Roomba vacuum cleaner. In this podcast, he explains how small inventions can yield huge results.\\n\\nProduced by David Levin and Rob Chapman. Original interview by Josh Seftel and Tom Miller. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. \\n\\nExclusive funding for "The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers" provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\\n\\nLearn more at pbs.org/nova/secretlife'