The department of mad scientists : how DARPA is remaking our world, from the internet to artificial limbs / Michael Belfiore.

[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Books, [2009], ©2009.

xxiii, 295 pages ; 24 cm

1st ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An arm and a leg -- A special-projects agency -- The intergalactic computer network -- The robot will see you now -- Backseat drivers -- Crazy-ass things -- The final frontier -- Power to the people.