Kecia Lynn

Kecia Lynn

Kecia Lynn has worked as a technical writer, editor, software developer, arts administrator, summer camp director, and television host. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she is currently living in Iowa City and working on her first novel.

Designed by mobile tech company Chaotic Moon to capture events taking place during an accident, it has one of the coolest names ever: The Helmet of Justice.
Organic Transit's ELF is a single-seat three-wheeler that is a cross between a bicycle and an electric car. They could start appearing in bike lanes in a matter of months.
When applied to a wound, Veti-Gel, a plant-based version of the body's natural clotting material, also "jump-starts" the healing process. Its inventor turns 21 next year.
This year, a team of Georgia Tech researchers will build a prototype of their design, which they claim could transmit data at speeds of terabits per second.
Hyundai's ix35 Fuel Cell, unveiled this week, is expected to hit the consumer market in 2015 as the world's first mass-produced hydrogen-powered vehicle.
Enclosing acres of preserve may sound drastic, but a recent report suggests that without such measures, almost half of the lion population could disappear in the near future.
Two Texas A&M University engineers say their satellite would save fuel costs by using the momentum created by removing one piece of junk to propel itself to the next piece.
The icy surface of this Jupiter moon hides a vast body of liquid that most scientists believe is water. Thanks to improved spectrometry, they now believe that that water may be salty.
The ice has already melted to the point where heavily fortified ships can travel around the pole, but eventually even a moderately fortified ship will be able to just sail right on through, according to a new paper.
Food shortages played a large role in the events of the Arab Spring, and writer Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed says that, given current conditions, such events will happen more widely and more frequently.
The Bay Area town of Piedmont is considering installing automatic license plate readers that will capture data on every car and transmit it to an intelligence database.
This according to a Carnegie Mellon University study, which is one of the first to document the evolution of information sharing over an extended time period.
A map compiled by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance shows about 340 communities with publicly-owned Internet service networks. Interestingly, the largest of those is Chattanooga, TN.
Those who use smartphones and tablets are still expected to pay the tax -- which is mandatory for all TV owners -- if they're accessing content normally found on TV.
It was only a matter of time, really: Security specialists say criminals are getting closer to large-scale distribution of viruses and other bad code onto mobile devices.
Santiago's Espacio Siestario is the first business of its kind in a country where the traditional afternoon nap has gone the way of the rotary telephone.
Since 2010, when a local man became his country's first competitive Olympic skier, more young people in the snowy Naltar Valley are taking advantage of training provided by the military.
The country's electoral commission distributed over 9 million copies of a popular comic book containing pledge forms for parents to sign.
In the past 18 months, the country has added an extra tax to certain packaged foods in an attempt to curb what some see as a public health crisis. 
In addition to limiting how much executives and directors can make, the new referendum includes prison time and fines for "golden parachutes" and similar bonuses.