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1、TheDepartmentofMadScientistsHowDARPAIsRemakingOurWorld,fromtheInternettoArtificialLimbsMichaelBelfioreForJadeStarContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction01AnArmandaLeg02ASpecial-ProjectsAgency03TheIntergalacticComputerNetwork04TheRobotwillSeeYouNow05BackseatDrivers06Crazy-AssThings07TheFinalFrontier08
2、PowertothePeopleNotesSelectedBibliographySearchableTermsAbouttheAuthorOtherBooksbyMichaelBelfioreCredits5/344CopyrightAboutthePublisherACKNOWLEDGMENTSThisbookcouldnothavebeenwrittenwithoutthesupportofDARPAdirectorTonyTether,DARPApublicaffairsofficersJanWalkerandherstaff,andtheDARPAprogrammanagers
3、andcontractorswhograntedmeinterviews.Ithankthemfortakingachanceonmeandthisproject.IalsowanttothankmyeditoratSmithsonianBooks,El-isabethDyssegaard,whosekeeneditorialeyeandintuitiveunder-standingofwhatIwantedtoaccomplishunerringlyguidedtheulti-mateshapeofthebook.Thanksalsotomyagent,LindaLowenthalof
4、theDavidBlackLiteraryAgency;SethFletcherandBjornCarey,whoassignedmestoriesonDARPAtopicsforPopularScience;LeanderKahneyandNoahSchactman,myeditorsatWiredNews;mywife,WendyKagan,forhersupportthroughanotherbookproject;andfi-nallytomygoodfriendHarryLeBlancforsuggestingavariationofthesubtitle.INTRODUCTI
5、ONIFIRSTMETTHEAUTODOCinasciencefictionnovel.Backthenitwasonastarship,anditalloweditsusertolivepracticallyforever—prettymucharequirementforinterstellartravel,evenatnear-lightspeeds.NowIwasseeingitintheflesh,asitwere,squattinginacornerofaSiliconValleylaboratory,lookinglikeagiantmechan-izedinsectwit
6、hitsmouthpartsandlegspoisedoveranoperatingtable.Thebodyonthetable,liketherobot,wasartificial—placedtheretoshowwhatanactualhumanbeingwouldlooklikeinthatsetting.Mytourguidewasaforty-seven-year-oldmechanicalengineertalkingamileaminute,pointingoutacabinetfullofsurgicalsuppliesandaswing-armnursebuilto
7、ntheframeofanindustrialrobotusedtoworkingmoreoncarsthanonhumanbodies,andexplaininghowthesystemworked.Itdidn’ttakemuchimaginationtobringthescenealiveinmymind’seye.Thepatient,gushingblood,neardeath,wouldbetossedontotheta