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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.
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When it comes to bandwidth, sharing can be good: Anyone within 100 feet of a person's Karma wireless modem is offered 100 Mb of free bandwidth. If they accept, the modem owner gets an extra 100 Mb as well.
Just published last week, Verizon's patent application enables TVs with specially-outfitted cameras and microphones to detect what's happening in a room -- such as arguing or talking on the phone -- and display appropriate advertising.
Inspired by the 1960s TV show Mission: Impossible, the founders of Wickr say that their app helps put users, not companies or governments, in control of their communication.
As government budgets continue to tighten, several Web sites are enabling citizens to contribute funds towards building, repairing, and/or maintaining public spaces.
A videoconference scheduled for tomorrow will bring together 6,000 people from opposite sides of a 40-year-old conflict in the hope that they can begin the hard work of peace.
On the one hand, some smokers say the new labeling -- complete with gruesome images -- is the "final push" they need to stop. On the other hand, the illicit tobacco market is expected to grow.
Despite the fact that the label has been on restaurant menus for years, the authentic version never left Japan until this year. The US is the third country to receive shipments.
Legalizing the buying and selling of homes between residents and foreigners with "permanent" residence status has created a massive real estate boom in Cuba's capital.
A government-commissioned 152-page brochure gives school educators some much-needed guidelines, but it also discusses alternative lifestyles to a detail that some groups say is unacceptable.
London's Pearson College, open since September, is the first institution of its kind to develop within a large, diversified, and distinguished corporation.
Given a choice between gifting a smaller reward now and waiting to gift a larger reward later, it's more likely that you'll forego rationality and choose immediate gratification if the beneficiary is related to you.
Researchers have received a grant to pursue the use of electrospinning to create a dissolvable material that, when inserted into the body, will deliver drugs either immediately or over a period of days.
University of Iowa researchers studied years' worth of posts on an online health network and came up with a way to rank members based on their contribution to others' emotional health.
Flexible displays have been here for a while, but the other components of a device need to be flexible as well. 2013 may very well see their debut.
The author of a study that examined recruiter behavior at elite firms says many choose potential employees in the same way they'd choose friends or even romantic partners.
The only thing needed for the Wiki Weapon project to go forward is a federal firearms license.
Medical tech startup Scanadu has met its goal of having a prototype device ready by the end of this year. It works by reading vital signs from the user's temple.
By fitting a computer, a camera, and a projector into the spot where the bulb would go, the lamp can display information onto a surface, and recognize and respond to user contact with that surface.
A University of Massachusetts team is developing a breathable fabric made of nanotubes that can switch into a protective state in case of a biological or chemical weapons attack.
For a mere ¥100,000 (about $1,200), expectant couples can get a service that will turn MRI data into an image that can then be printed using a 3D printer.