cyberware
Integrated bodily machinery
Cyberware refers to technological devices implanted in or integrated with the human body, typically to enhance physical or mental capabilities.
The term comes from cyberpunk fiction and gaming, where characters upgrade themselves with artificial eyes, neural interfaces, or mechanical limbs: She had enough cyberware to set off every metal detector in the building.
As real-world technology advances—cochlear implants, brain-computer interfaces—the word occasionally appears in serious discussion of human augmentation.
Manufactured replacement body part
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- cochlearOf the spiral ear cavity
- retinalOf eye's inner lining
- subdermalSituated under skin
pacemaker · biocompatible · surgery · grafting · rejection · integration · sensor · actuator
Nature-inspired technology design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- mechatronicsIntegrated automation engineering
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
actuators · servos · powered · exoskeleton · calibration · maintenance · malfunction · debugging
Increase in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- modificationAct of altering something
- boostUpward push or increase
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
amplification · overclocking · sensory · cognitive · reflex · strength · vision · hearing
Cyberpunk AI antagonist
- chromeReflective metal coating
- mirrorshadesSunglasses with reflective coating
- wetwareHuman cognitive system
- meatspacePhysical world, not virtual
Beyond human limitations
- identityWho someone is
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- humanityPeople as a whole
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
bioethics · singularity · evolution · transcendence · elective · voluntary
prosthesis
Manufactured replacement body part
subdermal · pacemaker · biocompatible · surgery · grafting · rejection · integration · sensor · actuator · RFID
bionics
Nature-inspired technology design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- mechatronicsIntegrated automation engineering
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
firmware · actuators · servos · powered · exoskeleton · calibration · maintenance · malfunction · debugging · compatibility
enhancement
Increase in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- modificationAct of altering something
- boostUpward push or increase
optimization · amplification · overclocking · sensory · cognitive · reflex · strength · vision · hearing · memory
Neuromancer
Cyberpunk AI antagonist
- chromeReflective metal coating
- mirrorshadesSunglasses with reflective coating
- wetwareHuman cognitive system
posthuman
Beyond human limitations
- identityWho someone is
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- humanityPeople as a whole
ethics · bioethics · singularity · evolution · transcendence · elective · voluntary
- cyberpunkchrome, implant, augmentation, augment, neural link
- Shadowrunrunner, decker, rigger, fixer, Johnson
cyberwareflesh
Soft body matter
biological systems · wetware · meat · living tissue · organic matter
cyberwaregenetic modification
Altering DNA deliberately
gene therapy · selective breeding · traditional medicine · holistic healing · naturalism
cyberwareunaugmented
Not added to
natural state · unmodified · original equipment · factory settings · unenhanced