NetworkWorld’s 10 cutting-edge network research projects you should know about is worth reading for a peek at what’s happening to electronic networks large and small in the next few years.

The SmartCar will be distributed in the United States beginning in 2008. It’s going to sell like hotcakes in San Francisco, where some people pay more for a garage than an apartment.

An experiment conducted with an anti-cancer drug demonstrated that cell division is, theoretically and in at least one set of unusual conditions practically, reversible. Cells that had already split actually recombined.

An economy built on renewable energy will probably be made up of lots of little ways to save and generate power. For example, turning the vibrations caused by people climbing stairs into electricity. Not enough power there to get off the grid, but every little bit helps.

I’ve always wanted to go to the TED conference, but have never been either cool enough or wealthy enough to manage it. Now I can get the podcast and pretend I’m both.