Kay Moore, Author at GeekMom

Improve Communication With Trees, maps, and theorems by Jean-luc Doumont

April 9, 2013November 26, 2017Kay Moore

Highly powered writers I respect recently recommended the book Trees, maps, and theorems by Dr. Jean-luc Doumont as a set of coherent recommendations for improving communications, and I am happy to report I can now concur, and I look forward to trying to catch one of his talks on his US tour.

As a science/technical writer, I often hope to write the book, the document, the instructions that rescue someone in particular need. Similarly, I often hope that some book or document will save me, have the juju I need to solve a particular problem.

PONG: Godzilla or Mothra Triumphant in Philly?

April 7, 2013November 24, 2017Kay Moore1

Even video game nay-sayers get excited about PONG writ large: the entire side of a skyscraper in Philadelphia will serve as the screen for a PONG tournament in celebration of Philly Tech Week. The 410-foot Cira Centre, which has LEDs embedded all over its glass surface, provided inspiration to Drexel University Gaming Professor Dr. Frank Lee’s vision of a giant game of Tetris there several years ago. After persistence, perseverence, creativity, and collaboration, Dr. Lee’s dream of a giant video game comes to pass as one of the third annual Philly Tech Week events.

New 3-D Printer Creates Proto-Synthetic Tissues

April 7, 2013November 24, 2017Kay Moore

3-D printing in the hands of forward-thinking scientists could offer a route to material resembling human tissues, material that mimics the basic structure of our cell membranes and that conceivably could be engineered to replace tissues in our bodies or to deliver drugs.

Manga Meets Biochemistry: Diets, Robokitties, Romance and Learning

December 7, 2011Kay Moore

The Manga Guide to Biochemistryoffers a fun and nontraditional route to knowledge of the molecules and processes of life. If you want to learn about biochemistry and you’re a fan of manga, comics, or stories, or you simply don’t want to plow through a complete textbook, manga may save you. This is a full-out manga, […]