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.

Scientists are growing more confident that Jupiter's moon could harbor life. The problem: Getting through its thick ice crust to the watery ocean beneath.
A team of students from Exeter University won first prize in innovation at the Imagine Cup competition with an app that turns a room full of smartphones into a stereo system.
Tech research firm Gartner has coined the phrase "citizen developer" to describe the growing number of programmers whose skills came from outside the university environment.
Now with more than 3,000 subscribers from across the US and Canada, Call in the Night "attempts to wake people mid-dream so they can be recorded talking about what was happening during their REM cycle."
League of Legends developer Riot Games has successfully convinced the government to offer players the same kind of visa normally given to athletes to allow them to compete in American tournaments.
Maybe it's time for a DIY rethink: Nathan Broadbent's "Raspberry Picrowave" accepts voice commands, emits custom sounds, can cook food via a product barcode scan, and can be controlled via a browser or mobile app.
Later this year, transportation officials plan to set aside one "singles" car on its trains for a fixed amount of time each week...and yes, they're doing it to help busy people find mates.