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Card 316 of 9852026-09-16 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-16

Immortal Fruit Fly, With a Control Group

fruitfly.lol Observed source
Editorial interest 87/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A rule-driven digital fruit-fly habitat where visitors place food, apply stimuli, and compare simulated behavior.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-16 issue.

Field notes

The habitat models two behaviors with explicit rules: proximity and stimulus affect the tendency to turn toward food, while dust load can pause movement and trigger grooming. Visitors can run a 30-second experiment against an identical no-stimulus control using the same starting point and random seed. The page labels its outputs as model-specific signals, not biological measurements, and says no real fruit-fly connectome or neuronal simulation is connected.

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

OpenPublic substance visible
PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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Landing page observed 2026-09-16. The live site may have changed.