Kuyini i-Wetware?

I-Wetware yi-biology + ye-hardware + software

Ama-wetwear, okusho ukuthi "isofthiwe emanzi," sele isho izinto ezimbalwa eminyakeni edlule kodwa ngokuvamile ibhekisela engxenyeni ye-software, i-hardware, ne-biology.

Igama ekuqaleni libhekiswe kubambiswano phakathi kwekhodi yesofthiwe kanye nekhodi yezakhi zofuzo, lapho i-DNA yomzimba, emzimbeni wethambile, ifana neziyalezo zesofthiwe.

Ngamanye amazwi, i-wetware ikhuluma nge "software" engokwemvelo ephilayo - imiyalelo equkethwe kwi-DNA yayo, efana nendlela imiyalelo ephethwe ngayo uhlelo lwekhompyutha ibizwa ngokuthi isofthiwe noma i- firmware yayo .

I-hardware yekhompyutha ingaqhathaniswa ne "hardware" yomuntu njengobuchopho nesistimu yezinzwa, nesofthiwe ingabhekisela emicabangweni yethu noma e-DNA imiyalelo. Yingakho i-wetware ivame ukuhlotshaniswa namadivayisi asebenzisana noma ahlanganiswe nezinto eziphilayo, njengamadivaysi alawulwa ngicabanga, amadivaysi aphezulu angama-brain, ne-biological engineering.

Qaphela: Imigomo njengokufana ne- liveware , inyamaware , ne- biohacking kubhekisela kumqondo ofanayo ngemuva kwe-wetware.

I-Wetware isetshenziswa kanjani?

Ngokufana nokuthi ukungokoqobo okungathandwa kwabathengi okuhloswe kuzo kuhlobanisa ukuhlanganisa izindawo zangempela nezibonakalayo endaweni eyodwa, kanjalo nemizamo ye-wetware yokuhlanganisa noma ukuhlanganisa eduze izakhi ezisekelwe kwisofthiwe nge-biology ngokomzimba.

Kunezinhlelo zokusebenza eziningi ezikhona ezingamakhompiyutha we-wetware kodwa ukugxila okuyinhloko kubonakala sengathi kukhona endaweni yezempilo, futhi kungase kuhilele noma yini kusuka ekugqokekeni okuxhuma emzimbeni kusuka ngaphandle, kuya embeddable okubekwe ngaphansi kwesikhumba.

Idivayisi ingacatshangwa njenge-wetware uma isebenzisa isofthiwe ekhethekile ukuxhuma nokufunda iziphumo zakho eziphilayo, isibonelo esisodwa sibe yi-EMOTIV Insight, esifunda ama-brainwaves ngokusebenzisa i-headset engenazintambo esithumela imiphumela efonini noma kwikhompyutha yakho. Ilinganisa ukuphumula, ukucindezeleka, ukugxila, injabulo, ukuzibandakanya, nokukhathazeka, bese kuchaza imiphumela kuwe bese ubonisa ukuthi ungenzani ukuze uthuthukise lezo zindawo.

Amanye amadivaysi e-wetware ahlose ukungabheki ukuqapha kodwa empeleni ukuthuthukisa isipiliyoni somuntu, okungase kuhileleke idivaysi esebenzisa ingqondo ukulawula amanye amadivaysi noma izinhlelo zekhompyutha.

Idivaysi egqokekayo noma efakekayo ingase ifake uxhumano lobuchopho-computer ukwenza into efana nokuhambisa izitho zokufakelwa lapho umsebenzisi engenawo ukulawula kwegazi. I-headset ye-neural ingakwazi "ukulalela" isenzo esivela ebuchosheni bese isenza nge-hardware eyakhelwe ngokukhethekile.

Amadivaysi angakwazi ukuhlela izakhi zofuzo yisinye isibonelo se-wetware, lapho isofthiwe noma i-hardware iguqula umzimba ukuze isuse izifo ezikhona, ukuvimbela izifo, noma ngisho nokwengeza "izici" ezintsha noma amandla kwi-DNA kakhulu.

Ngisho ne-DNA ngokwayo ingasetshenziswa njengedivayisi yokugcina efana ne- hard drive , ephethe cishe ama- petabytes angu- 215 ngo-gramu eyodwa kuphela.

Enye indlela ewusizo yesofthiwe noma i-hardware exhunywe ngumuntu ingase ibe i-suit exoskeleton engakwazi ukuphinda imisebenzi ejwayelekile efana nokuphakamisa izinto ezinzima. Idivayisi ngokwayo i-hardware ngokucacile, kodwa ngemuva kwezigcawu kudingeka kube isofthiwe esilingisa noma ehlola i-biology yomsebenzisi ukuqonda kahle ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze.

Ezinye izibonelo ze-wetware zihlanganisa amasistimu okukhokha okungaxhunyiwe okungaxhunyiwe okungaxhunyiwe noma amakhadi we-ID adlulisa ulwazi ngokungenazintambo ngesikhumba, amehlo e-bionic avuselela umbono, namadivaysi okudiliza izidakamizwa ezixhunywe kude odokotela abangawasebenzisa ukulawula ukulinganisa kwemithi.

Ulwazi olungaphezulu ku-Wetware

Ngezinye izikhathi i-Wetware isetshenziselwa ukuchaza izinto ezenziwa abantu ezifana nezilwane eziphilayo, njengokuthi indiza ifana nenyoni noma ukuthi i-nanobot ingaba kanjani nezici zayo eziyisisekelo ezithathwe esitokisini somuntu noma amabhaktheriya.

Ngezinye izikhathi i-Wetware isetshenziselwa ukubhekisela kwisofthiwe noma i-hardware engasetshenziselwa ukushukuma, ikakhulukazi okuvela ekutshalweni kwezinto eziphilayo. Amadivaysi okuzwa okuhambayo afana ne-Microsoft Kinect angase abhekwe njengama-wetware kodwa okuncane kakhulu.

Njengoba kunikezwe ngencazelo engenhla ye-wetware, kungase kuguquke ekubhekiseni nanoma yimuphi wabantu abathintekayo ekusebenzelaneni nesofthiwe, ngakho-ke abathuthukisi be-software, abasebenzi be-IT, ngisho nabasebenzisi bokugcina bangase bathiwa i-wetware.

I-Wetware ingase isetshenziswe njengegama elihle elisho iphutha lesintu, njengokuthi " Uhlelo ludlulise ukuvivinya kwethu ngaphandle kwezinkinga, ngakho-ke kufanele kube yinkinga ye-wetware. "Lokhu kungahle kuhlanganiswe nalokho okushiwo ngenhla: kunokuba isofthiwe yohlelo lokusebenza ibangele inkinga, kwakungumsebenzisi noma umthuthukisi owafaka isandla kule nkinga - isofthiwe yakhe , noma i-wetware, iyisola.