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.

Harvard scientists sandwiched a layer of transparent rubber between two layers of a specially-made hydrogel. Electrical audio signals sent to the gel layers caused the rubber to vibrate and make sound.
Besides the obvious, both affect the brain in ways that make a person more susceptible to bad decisions, according to a new study involving subjects in New Jersey and rural India.
Studies show that weight gain is happening in the wider animal kingdom as well -- in our pets, yes, but also among some captive and wild animals. No one really knows why.
This week a New Jersey state appeals court determined that if a person knowingly sends a text to someone who's driving, and the driver is involved in an accident as a result, the texter could be held liable.
The year-old startup, which operates in San Francisco and Austin, has many plans for people's mail, not the least of which is "making [it] as sortable and searchable as email."
The road-side exterior wall of a hotel in one flood-prone London district is covered with a 21-foot-high vertical garden that acts as a "350-square-meter green sponge."
Adam Conway's custom-built drone only cost about US$100 to make, and although it still needs a bit of work, the technology behind it could prove useful in a variety of situations.