[ExI] DARPA seeking Genesis-style godware capability

[Henrique Moraes Machado]

Stefano>US military wacky-professor bureau DARPA has outdone itself this 
time, issuing a request for "intelligent"
> electronic components and chemicals which can "self-organise" themselves 
> to form complex items such as routers,
> fuel cells, biofuel factories or medical drugs. Indeed, reading between 
> the lines it appears as
> though the American killboffins are seeking nothing less than the creation 
> of artificial intelligent lifeforms.
> (...)

This looks a lot like a bad sci-fi movie plot.
Anyway. Any info on how it's going?