Technology is, as I've said, about presenting evidence and almost all evidence is either words or exhibits. Like analogies, technology is usually employed when you can't effectively present the real thing. And we can all agree that there is nothing like the real, actual thing, be it club, bottle, bolt, part, etc. But you don't always have the real thing. Next useful are diagrams, maps, photographic reproductions, Finally, least persuasive are computer mock-ups, charts, spreadsheets, and other demonstrative aides.
Many people view sophisticated technology as a way to distort the truth.
To them, if you can't explain it in plain words, or show it in a clear picture, it must not be plain or clear. Here are some examples. One of the great joys of my life was cross-examining an expert while holding the shotgun used by the decedent to either kill himself intentionally, or cleaned carelessly, resulting in his death. For those of you who have never cross-examined someone while holding a gun, it is quite an experience, particularly when, unknown to the witness, the firing pin had been removed and the shells replaced with blanks. Suffice it to say, the witness said almost whatever I wanted him to when peering down the barrel of the gun.