ROBO-CRAPPIE ANYONE?: "Did anyone else know that DARPA was funding an entire biomechanical bestiary, including birds and cockroaches? The FY 2005 Defense Budget contains $ 90 million in unclassified funding for 'Biologically Based Materials and Devices,' including $ 38 million for 'Bioinspired and Bioderived Materials.'"

(Via Defense Tech.)