Observed arrival · 2026-11-10
A Fruit Fly, Driven by a Live Neural Simulation
SimulationTheoryFly pairs an orbitable fruit-fly model with a spiking-neuron display and controls for behaviors such as walking, grooming, steering, and startle.
- For
- Readers exploring insect neural circuits and interactive scientific simulations
- Worth noticing
- It distinguishes a 668-neuron synthetic FlyWire escape-circuit stand-in from a 1,045-neuron MaleCNS locomotor network.
Field notes
The page gives separate accounting for the two circuit sources: a synthetic FlyWire escape-circuit stand-in with 668 neurons and 18,968 edges, and a real MaleCNS locomotor network with 1,045 neurons and 17,224 connections. It says the simulation runs a 120 Hz neural clock and displays 23,210 somas with live spikes. The listed interaction controls include an escape test, optogenetics, grooming, walking, steering, and wing activity; the captured browser could not run the WebGPU scene.
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