Developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the patented process "bombs" graphene with gallium, which forms droplets, and naturally arranges itself to match graphene's famous hexagonal pattern.

ENGADGET: New process for nanotube semiconductors could be graphene's ticket to primetime (video)

Standing at just over 5-feet tall and 95-pounds, HRP-4C, developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will make its catwalk debut next week at the Tokyo fashion show.

ENGADGET: Japan's HRP-4C 'fashion model robot' unveiled, already harassed (update: video!)

Technology is...shaping the way science is being developed and done all over the world.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Emerging countries are gaining strength in science and technology, says the UNESCO Science Report 2010

But new technology developed by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science could finally help solve the problem.

ENGADGET: Photovoltaic polarizers could make self-charging smartphone dreams come true

Today, it takes the form of a cartoon-like dog named Rity, developed at the Robot Intelligence Technology (RIT) Laboratory, at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

CNN: 'Sobots': Uncorking the robotic genie in a bottle

In January 2012, Mr Gove announced he was replacing the information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum in schools with a more challenging computer science curriculum, developed to meet the needs of technology firms.

BBC: Computer science part of English Baccalaureate

Projects which have already been supported by the University Challenge and Science Enterprise Challenge include a sewer robot - resembling a giant, jointed brush - developed by Durham Pipeline Technology, set up by Durham University.

BBC: pipe cleaner