⚡️The First Immortal Fly is Here!
Yep, you heard that right. Scientists have fully digitized the brain of a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).
Quick recap:
Once upon a time, people dreamed of digitizing Lenin’s brain, but it was too complex (just like a mouse brain with its 70 million neurons). So they started small: a roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans) with just 302 neurons. And now, they’ve mapped the fly’s brain: 139.5k neurons and 54.5M synapses.
The project began in 2016, took 33 person-years of work, and was made possible by cutting-edge tech and an international team of researchers.
What’s cool about the fly’s brain?
• Specialized neurons for forward movement, backward movement, and stopping — each with its own circuits.
• Half the brain is dedicated to processing visual information.
• It’s basically a real-time operating system with complex internal networks.
Now, the brain of this first immortal fly is available for download (just 14 GB!) and ready to run. Welcome to the future!
Check out the data here: codex.flywire.ai
Yep, you heard that right. Scientists have fully digitized the brain of a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).
Quick recap:
Once upon a time, people dreamed of digitizing Lenin’s brain, but it was too complex (just like a mouse brain with its 70 million neurons). So they started small: a roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans) with just 302 neurons. And now, they’ve mapped the fly’s brain: 139.5k neurons and 54.5M synapses.
The project began in 2016, took 33 person-years of work, and was made possible by cutting-edge tech and an international team of researchers.
What’s cool about the fly’s brain?
• Specialized neurons for forward movement, backward movement, and stopping — each with its own circuits.
• Half the brain is dedicated to processing visual information.
• It’s basically a real-time operating system with complex internal networks.
Now, the brain of this first immortal fly is available for download (just 14 GB!) and ready to run. Welcome to the future!
Check out the data here: codex.flywire.ai