Science fiction prototypes: Visionary technology narratives between futures

Futures

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-24

  Bell, Frances ^a   Fletcher, Gordon ^a   Greenhill, Anita ^b   Griffiths, Marie ^a   McLean, Rachel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business re assembly; Creative writing; Futurist; Innovation; Inspiration; Prototyping; Science fiction prototypes

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879461337     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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