wetware

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But the important input is the wetware, the brains.

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  • Many believe, however, that some time in the next century, genetic engineering, biochip design, and nanotechnology will collaborate to produce functional wetware - computer interfaces that will enable us to jack our brains directly into a vast, worldwide, interactive network with its own geography and sensory realism. —  Omni: April 1993
  • Dryware, wetware, hardware, software, blackware, darkware, nightware, nightmare… The modem sits inviting beside the phone, red eyes. —  Smoke and Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman.
  • Surveying the torrent of literature on this topic, we can with reasonable confidence identify three major areas: software, hardware and wetware. —  Ethical Technology
  • Of course, intelligence must emerge from the workings of the three-pound mass of wetware packed inside our skulls. —  Unexplained Mysteries
  • It's the wetware that's the problem - the thinking, the process, the human factors. —  Health Care Renewal
 

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