| A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome(github.com) | |
| 372 points by phoenix120 3 days ago | 182 comments | |
tl;dr: A macOS desktop toy that renders a 3D fruit fly driven by a live 1 kHz leaky-integrate-and-fire simulation of a 668-neuron circuit with ~19,000 real synaptic connections from the FlyWire connectome (FAFB v783). Cursor motion feeds real LC4/LPLC2 looming detectors, and escape only triggers when the Giant Fiber actually spikes — no scripted behaviors. Includes an interactive brain window showing 23,210 neuron soma positions where you can "optogenetically" stimulate regions and watch the fly groom, walk, steer, or flee accordingly. | |
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