Observed arrival · 2026-09-12
Fly Studio Lets a Simulated Fruit-Fly Brain Draw
An interactive drawing studio uses a 165,122-neuron fruit-fly brain simulation to steer a virtual pen around prompted outlines.
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Fly Studio exposes a closed-loop drawing process rather than presenting only its outputs. A prompt becomes a guide outline, while a moving dark stripe is shown to the simulated fly's visual neurons; activity across 1,304 descending neurons sets the pen's turning and forward speed. The documentation identifies the Janelia FlyEM male CNS v1.0 connectome, with 165,122 neurons and 124,024,573 synapses, and the gallery preserves paths for replay.
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