Episode 186: Mari Dezawa discusses her discovery of MUSE cells and the role of stem cells in regenerative medicine
September 4, 2025
Today we have Dr. Mari Dezawa, one of the world’s leaders in stem-cell research and regenerative medicine. Mari is a pioneer in this emerging field and is known worldwide for her discovery of MUSE cells, a unique type of stem...
Episode 112: Tim Broderick discusses biotechnology and increasing the biological aptitude and careers of elite special forces
September 15, 2020
Our guest today is Dr. Tim Broderick, the chief science officer here at IHMC. Tim is a surgeon and biomedical scientist who joined IHMC last year. Tim has had a fascinating career as a researcher, surgeon and aquanaut. He is...
Episode 87: Dom D’Agostino reflects on his 10 years of research into ketogenic nutrition
April 23, 2019
Dr. Dominic D’Agostino returns to STEM-Talk to give Ken and Dawn an update on his research into ketogenic nutrition. Dom was the guest on episode 14 back in 2016 when ketogenic diets didn’t even show up on a list of...
Episode 83: Ken and Dawn host their first Ask Me Anything episode
February 19, 2019
It has only taken us nearly three years to get around to it, but we’re finally doing our first “Ask Me Anything” episode. It’s hard to believe, but Ken and Dawn sat down to interview their first STEM-Talk guest back...
Episode 80: Butler Hine talks about paving the way for robotic space exploration
January 1, 2019
Our guest today is Dr. Butler Hine, the Flight Project Manager and Chief Technologist for Engineering at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Butler is also a senior research scientist and a colleague of Ken and Dawn...
Episode 56: Jon Clark talks about NASA, supersonic jumps from the edge of space, and humans in extreme environments
January 30, 2018
Today’s episode is the second of a two-part interview with IHMC Senior Scientist Dr. Jonathan Clark, a six-time Space Shuttle crew surgeon who has served in numerous roles for both NASA and the Navy. Part one of our interview, episode 55,...
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame honors Ken Ford as 2017 Inductee
March 22, 2017
TAMPA, Fla. (Mar. 22, 2017) – The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today that the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition co-founder and CEO Ken Ford is among the...
SimulationConstructionSet
December 14, 2015
Simulation Construction Set installation files are below. A few notes: You'll probably need to have some good familiarity with Java, .jar and .dll files, setting up classpaths, etc. If not, you'll likely need to get some help from a Java...