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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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A Latvian designer has created a urinal that includes a shallow sink built into the top. It's economical too: When the person washes his hands, the water used rinses the urinal basin as well.
At a recent convention in London, manufacturers displayed prototypes of next-generation machines "that had the look, and feel, of oversized smartphones or tablet computers."
At the Black Hat security conference later this month, two Spanish engineers plan to demonstrate a $25 gadget that can take over a car's electronics.
One closely-debated theory has been that heavy metals were a byproduct of collisions between dense dead stars. Now, an event observed through NASA's Swift satellite may have provided a literal "smoking gun."
By using a new method of crystallization, inventor Michael Graetzel says that the cells' power conversion efficiency has shot up to 15 percent, putting them on a par with traditional silicon photovoltaics.
Bacteria stored in a fuel cell broke down chemicals in urine, generating enough electricity in the process to enable text messaging, Internet browsing, and "a brief phone call."
The 23-year-old space telescope may be a few years away from retirement, but its eye is still good: The newly discovered 14th moon is only 12 miles in diameter.