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2 stories tagged fruit-fly, newest first.

Screenshot of twitch.tv: I made a virtual pet fruit fly that Twitch chat can interact with

I made a virtual pet fruit fly that Twitch chat can interact with (twitch.tv)

4 points by imfinn 1 day ago | 0 comments

A Twitch live stream of Pip, a simulated virtual fruit fly in a terrarium that chat viewers can interact with via commands like !treat and !toy.

twitch virtual-pet fruit-fly simulation

Screenshot of economist.com: An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped

An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped (economist.com)

548 points by teleforce 2 years ago | 178 comments

The Economist article reporting that a complete connectome of an adult fruit fly brain has been mapped, and discussing prospects for mapping human brains.

connectome neuroscience fruit-fly brain-mapping

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I made a virtual pet fruit fly that Twitch chat can interact with(twitch.tv)

An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped(economist.com)

I made a virtual pet fruit fly that Twitch chat can interact with (twitch.tv)

An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped (economist.com)