Future Fridays: How to Build a Dream Machine

We can't imagine a future if we don't have the words to describe it. The first building blocks of any new world are stories and ideas. This was the inspiration for Project Hieroglyph, an experiment in bringing scientists, engineers and science fiction writers together to dream up astounding, technically feasible visions of the near future. Using Hieroglyph as a launching point, this talk will explore the relationship between science fiction and science and the vital role of imagination in getting big stuff done.

Speaker: Ed Finn, Arizona State University