Dubbed "Intelligent Services, " the program dangles a one-for-one platform replacement option before service providers, many of which are right now looking to build out broadband offerings with service add-ons, Melkote said.
He also moderates Forbes Investment Roundtable discussions among leading money managers and investment strategists and hosts an interview program with leading money managers that appears on the Intelligent Investing section of the Forbes.com website.
"A lot can happen when you put seriously intelligent, seriously motivated people in a room with a mission and a deadline, " said Michael Geertsen, DARPA program manager and the force behind the Innovation House Study.