Taking the Time to Tinker
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Taking the Time to Tinker encourages encouraging children to pursue intellectual interests and investigate what arouses their curiosity through tinkering. It discusses how tinkers throughout history like the Wright brothers, Edison, Tesla, and Curie changed life through starting simple, iterating, and having their first flights or discoveries. It introduces Elaine Levin who created Podna Rover to help those with mobility issues like her have confidence through baby steps and small prototypes.
Taking the Time to Tinker
- 1. Taking the Time to Tinker Poornima Vijayashanker Founder of Femgineer @poornima TEDxNavesink 1
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- 11. Founding Engineer 2006 - 2009 Founder 2010 - Present Founder 2007 - Present 11
- 12. We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests; to investigate whatever aroused curiosity. “ ” - Orville Wright 12
- 13. Start simple. 13
- 14. Iterate. 14
- 15. First flight. 15
- 16. Tinkers throughout time have changed life! Edison TeslaCurie 16
- 18. Ridiculed. 18
- 19. Scolded. 19
- 20. Encourage kids to fix things. 20
- 21. Feel behind. 21
- 22. 10,000 hours! 22
- 23. Meet Elaine Levin. 63. Multiple Sclerosis. 23
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- 27. Podna Rover. 27
- 29. Baby steps. 29