wetware

wetware

1. But why re-create the brain in software when we already have it in wetware?

为什么我们有了湿件（即人脑）还要再造软件的人脑？

2. But exactly how the “wetware” of molecular biology works remains a mystery.

但分子生物学中的“湿件”具体是怎样运作的还是一个迷。

3. Eventually we might be able to replicate our own minds in a machine, so that we could live on without the "wetware" of biological brain and body.

最终我们可能在一台机器里复制出我们自己的头脑，这样的话，我们就能够不依赖生物大脑和人体这样的“湿件”而活着。

4. Indeed, it is this problem of finding ways to manage without expensive equipment, rather than a desire to work on “wetware”, or living organisms, that motivates many biohackers.

而事实上，正是这种没有昂贵设备，需要自己创造条件的外因才促成了许多“生物黑客”，而不是他们自己有多么想去动脑筋。

5. The industry can supply the hardware and software, but the bigger problem is the “wetware”-people, economics and politics.

这个行业提供硬件和软件，但是最大的问题是”湿件”-人、经济和政治。

6. Such "open wetware" is one reason for the emergence of biohacking (see article).

这种“湿件（注）的开放”是涌现生物黑客的原因之一。