# Technological Embodiment **Entity class:** Human-machine systems concept **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **Technological Embodiment** describes how cognition and agency are shaped by the sensors, effectors, timing, energy, material constraints, and environmental coupling of a technical host. ## Relationships - It limits simplistic readings of [[wiki/Implementation Independence|Implementation Independence]] and [[wiki/Substrate Independence|Substrate Independence]]. - It connects [[wiki/Receiving Substrate|Receiving Substrate]], [[wiki/Embodiment and Environment|Embodiment and Environment]], and [[wiki/Functional Digital Twin|Functional Digital Twin]]. - [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] treats embodiment as part of the continuity stack rather than a disposable output layer.