Dave McClure

I think 'Shark Tank' is targeting companies that are really trying to raise their very first dollar. A lot of them aren't really tech focused. We're definitely going after companies that are building real technology, either software or hardware, they probably have raised a couple hundred thousand already.

American Businessman

Oren Etzioni

I'd like to make a fundamental impact on one of the most exciting, intelligent questions of all time. Can we use software and hardware to build intelligence into a machine? Can that machine help us solve cancer? Can that machine help us solve climate change?

Jay-Z

Companies that pretend to care about music and really care about other things - whether it be hardware, whether it be advertising - and now they look at music as a loss leader. And we know music isn't a loss leader; music is an important part of our lives.

American Musician

Carlo Rubbia

As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues.

Italian Physicist

Satoru Iwata

It's important not only to have the right timing of when the hardware is going to be released but also when we are going to be able to introduce quality software.

Japanese Businessman

Michael Graves

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good.

American Architect

Jay Weatherill

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.

Australian Politician

Nick Woodman

At a certain point, the services that you build around the hardware become more important than the hardware itself.

Om Malik

Because Apple's corporate DNA is that of a hardware company, its activities are meant to support hardware sales.

Indian Writer

Lisa Su

Great graphics requires more than just high-performance hardware. Gamers know software is just as important.

Taiwanese Businesswoman

Refers specifically to tangible computer components, not software or programs.

Physical Components

'Hardware' in computing should not be confused with 'software' or 'firmware'.

Not Interchangeable

Often used in technical or industry-related conversations; less common in casual talk.

Technical Context

Broadly refers to tools or equipment used for various tasks and repairs around the home or business.

General Tools

Suggests items made to last, with sturdy construction, not disposable or for single use.

Durability Implication

In a military context, 'hardware' usually means weapons, vehicles, and other combat-related equipment.

Military Equipment

Associated with country defense budgets and strategic asset acquisition.

Government Spending

Refers to practical items that support daily tasks and functions, like hinges, knobs, nuts, and bolts.

Daily Functionality

Commonly mentioned in the context of home repairs or do-it-yourself projects.

Home Improvement

 Do they constitute war crimes against humanity? Who is to be held responsible? The computer programmers who wrote the code? The military project manager who oversaw the creation of the code? The commander who hit the button, setting off the event? The hardware engineer who created the computers,

Defining cyberwarfare...i...

 Somebody said we are super poor, and we are also super power. We can't really be both of those. We have to overcome our poverty. We have to deal with the hardware of development, the ports, the roads, the airports, all the infrastructural things we need to do, and the software of development,

Why nations should...

 We're focusing on hardware because it is hardware that can change people's lives in such tangible material ways. If we can lower the barriers to farming, building, manufacturing, then we can unleash just massive amounts of human potential. That's not only in the developing world.

Marcin Jakubowski:...

 because as I kept on learning about hardware, for the first time in my life, I did not have to deal with my performance anxiety. And as soon as I removed all pressure and expectations from myself, that pressure quickly got replaced by enthusiasm, and it allowed me to just play.

Why you should make...

 if you're really taking this view of the universe as a computer, how do we make things in a very general sense, and how might we share the way we make things in a general sense the same way you share open source hardware? And a lot of talks here have espoused the benefits

Saul Griffith: Hardware...

 and for us, this is very exciting, because this really is owning the intersection between hardware, software and molecular science, and I can't wait to see what designers and engineers around the world are going to be able to do with this great tool. Thanks for listening.

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 and make robots much more autonomous than they would be otherwise. This is Atlas, a humanoid robot. It's a third-generation humanoid that we've been building. I'll tell you a little bit about the hardware design later. And we've been

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 story and you're going into the water with like a hardware store on your back and and carrying this big rig around and you know you're fighting currents and third and working with wildlife is always particularly hard because you

Beautiful “Underwater...

 that promises to end disease before it even begins to help us live longer fuller healthier lives and when you couple that with implantable hardware you are looking at the next incarnation

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 time to consider a tactic better suited to his hardware

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