gooware

English

Etymology

From goo +‎ -ware.

Noun

gooware (uncountable)

1. An unconventional computer based on a semi-solid chemical "soup" where data are represented by varying concentrations of chemicals. The computations are performed by naturally occurring chemical reactions.
   • 2005 March 6, Graham-Rowe, Duncan, “Glooper computer”, in New Scientist‎^[1], volume 185, number 2492:

     He wants to use his gooware to create a hugely powerful parallel processor: a liquid robot brain in which metal and wire are replaced by a blob of jelly.

   • 2006, Andrew Adamatzky, “Reaction-Diffusion Reactive Wetware”, in Tamio Arai, editor, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9, IOS Press, page 3:

     We pinpoint all essential ingredients of intelligence found in spatio-temporal dynamics of nonlinear chemical systems, and show outlines of future designs and protypes of chemical intelligent "gooware".