Is old tech, bad tech?

That is the question everyone should be asking. Because can you picture it? If not, you might not be able to model or build it. Yikes!

From graphite lines on paper to building blocks to an immersive 3-D environment, without an understanding of these concepts you might find it difficult to construct a building, assemble machinery or well engineer…anything.

Because as technologies become progressive through the use of AI, there lies an importance in maintaining balance by continuing to utilize historically proven methods. One of these practices is simply…tinkering. Since scientific theories can be learned through the simple act of playing.

And who doesn’t want to have fun? So, do not doubt the doodle or tame the tinkering.

Because these useful tools can create a critical connection between technology and seemingly antiquated methods. If you think a hands-on approach, by way of doodling or building-blocks, has gone the way of the dodo bird, you may miss out on important connective devices that you cannot plug into a USB port. Because by disconnecting every so often from this handheld, smart-phone world, you open up another realm of exploration into your own mind.

And let us not forget, tinkering is beneficial at any age or career field. From my dad, the farmer, tinkering in the barn to assemble parts that kept equipment running. To my fiddling around with crude, paper cup mock-ups to figure out how to digitally draft a model.

Because software is just one tool to tackle 3-D, an individual must also possess the ability to input the correct data. Otherwise, it is nothing more than trash in and trash out. Consequently, a 3-D model that may be impressive on a computer screen but cannot be built in reality.

Thereby, allowing a playful nature of learning through the use of sketching, building, and other interactive activities, a foundation of knowledge can be built. Critical thinking skills can be honed, by the ability of an individual to kinetically learn with tangible methods of success and failures, eventually translating into a digital 3-D world.

Because with the ability to utilize your superpowers of tinker’a-zation, you too can build anything from the vast imagination of your mind’s eye.

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