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.
The use of micron-sized lights as a delivery method is being researched by a consortium of UK universities hoping to make optical wireless communication a reality.
The FDA has given clearance to the first-ever autonomous robot for use in medical settings. With it, doctors can examine patients from a remote location.
If you live in Germany, that is: A court has ruled that a man should receive compensation due to being deprived of what they say is a necessity for daily life.
The government announced on Thursday that it’s launching a Start-Up Visa program this spring to encourage entrepreneurs to immigrate. Included in the deal: Immediate access to investors.
In Germany, it’s serious enough such that later this year, some car models will include active safety systems that recognize signs and alert drivers.
Peugoet Citroen plans to roll out subcompact cars using its Hybrid Air system by 2016, at a price designed to compete with hybrid leader Toyota.
German designers have created a touch-sensitive floor that can recognize individuals by their weight, track their movements, and display interactive video.
FaceWash is targeted towards soon-to-be college graduates looking for a quick way to scrub their less-than-PC activities.
Just as some cars’ seats vibrate when another car is in the driver’s blind spot, the wheel uses GPS and sensors to alert drivers who may be experiencing temporary bright light blindness.
A professor in Japan has designed a “privacy visor” that uses near-infrared light to confuse cameras using facial recognition software.
A study titled “The Point of No Return” says that oil, gas, and coal projects currently planned in various countries will produce more than 6 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020.
In addition, if researchers want to experiment on chimps in the future, they will have much higher hurdles to clear, says a report released Tuesday.
All sightings by the observatory will go directly into the NASA Exoplanet Archive online, which means that the pros and the amateurs will get the data at the same time.
A new study is the first-ever documented global assessment of the phenomenon, which has intensified over the last four years due to a rise in food prices.
NASA surveys have located 90 percent of near-Earth asteroids and comets larger than 1 kilometer in diameter and projected their orbits at least a century ahead.
A report released this week by the UK government examines the impact of technology on the concept of identity and offers policy recommendations.
The renovation of Delta’s two terminals include mounted tablets that allow passengers to order food, check e-mail, and read the news.
The Web Payments group is working on an open standard protocol that would enable browsers to build in money exchange functionality.
A book about Michael Jackson was recently torpedoed in the court of online public opinion by a fan group in an act that some claim was an abuse of the company’s customer review system.
This month a California law went into effect allowing hands-free sending and receiving of texts and e-mails while driving. Writer Eric Jaffe cites studies showing little improvement in safety.
Forget about teaching English abroad: China and other Asian countries are struggling to meet increasing demand for Spanish-language instruction, according to a new report.
“The situation Mexico is experiencing…is what has given the communities the legitimacy to say, ‘We will assume the tasks that the government has not been able to fulfill.'”
Military service is compulsory for most Israeli youth, but a slight drop in participation has caused the current administration to create several promotional programs.
Not for the first time, health-conscious Recep Tayyip Erdogan attempts to influence citizens’ eating habits by recommending that the popular staple be replaced with whole wheat bread.
With the global income gap continuing to widen, Oxfam International releases a statement that focuses on the rich rather than the poor.
Never mind remembering creative strings of data: Google is researching small devices — a USB card, a wireless “smart ring” — that will automatically log you into a Web site or database.
An algorithm developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University easily deciphers long passwords that make grammatical sense.
Surveys that compare student test scores from different countries often fail to take socioeconomic differences into account, say the authors of a new study.
Researchers mined data from 8 years’ worth of comments on a road rage complaint Web site and created a taxonomy of behaviors that could be helpful in new driver education.
Nearly 40 percent of high school and college students surveyed say they will own a gun in the future, and an additional 20 percent say they’ll consider it.