Micro-SFP (μSFP) describes an ultra-short science-fiction story written for the specific purpose of capturing inventive ideas for product or service innovations.
As a tool to influence the future, μSFP has similarities to fables, parables, anecdotes, sayings, proverbs and maxims in that it seeks to capture and communicate an inspirational vision.
The initial motivation for developing a shorter variant of science fiction prototyping was to provide a type of shorthand for capturing ideas (and the context) quickly, such as in a brain-storming meeting.
μSFP was first proposed by Anasol Peña Rios, a researcher at the University of Essex, who used the methodology in support of a 2013 UK event for K12 students called 'The New Creatives'.
[3] The core methodology of μSFP is the application of flash fiction as shorthand for describing innovative ideas for science, engineering, business and socio-political systems.