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.

1. Taking the Time to Tinker
Poornima Vijayashanker
Founder of Femgineer
@poornima
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Tinkering.
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11. Founding Engineer
2006 - 2009
Founder
2010 - Present
Founder
2007 - Present
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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.
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” - Orville Wright
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13. Start simple.
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14. Iterate.
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15. First flight.
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16. Tinkers throughout time have changed life!
Edison TeslaCurie
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17. Naturally curious.
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18. Ridiculed.
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19. Scolded.
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20. Encourage kids to fix things.
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21. Feel behind.
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22. 10,000 hours!
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23. Meet Elaine Levin.
63.
Multiple Sclerosis.
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24. Fear of falling.
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25. 25,000 injured yearly.
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27. Podna Rover.
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28. Mobility with confidence!
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29. Baby steps.
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