As I understand it, DARPA funds a lot of things and they aren't that stingy with money either, so I wouldn't view that as some sort of golden indicator of impor

As I understand it, DARPA funds a lot of things and they aren't that stingy with money either, so I wouldn't view that as some sort of golden indicator of importance. For instance, the DARPA grand challenge is a impressive source of footage of robots falling over for no apparent reason...