# tech (tool)

technology that is a tool

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: 

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge)

**Through:** tool and knowledge create technology

**Novel properties:**
- new devices
- new products

## Examples
- The Hubble Space Telescope corrected its own imaging flaws via a 1993 astronaut servicing mission. *(engineering)*
- Linux kernel version 5.4, released in 2020, enabled widespread adoption of Wi-Fi 6 in consumer devices. *(computing)*
- Farmers in the Sahel use zai pits—hand-dug soil basins—to concentrate water and nutrients in arid fields. *(everyday life)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tech.tool*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tech.tool.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*