Tools and machines need not be material; virtual technology, such as computer software and business methods, fall under this definition of technology. W. Brian Arthur defines technology in a similarly broad way as a means to fulfill a human purpose.
If the parents are not married, the father may establish paternity by taking a paternity test and filing a petition to be named as the child's father. The father may also submit an affidavit of paternity and file it with the Indiana Department of Health within 72 hours of the birth of the child. This grants the father a right to be placed on the birth certificate and all other parental rights and duties.
If paternity is established by paternity affidavit, the Department of Health will add the father's name to the child's birth certificate. The second way paternity can be established is by an order from the court. Either parent may file an action in an appropriate Indiana court seeking determination of paternity. The county prosecutor's office may also file an action if the case is a Title IV-D support case.