HOW FICTION PUTS THE SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SCIENCE fiction; ENGINEERS; INVENTORS; STELTZNER, Adam; GREINER, Helen, 1967-; LIPSON, Hod
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the inspiration of science fiction among engineers and inventors. It presents narratives of seven inventors and science fiction that influenced them including Adam Steltzner, lead engineer of robotic rover Curiosity at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Helen Greiner, co-founder and chairman of iRobot and Hod Lipson, director of Creative Machines Lab at Cornell University.