Decoded fly optic lobe neurons made to 'watch' Bad Apple
felpix_ · x · 2026-09-08
@mellowskrub demonstrated activating the optic lobe of a male fruit fly CNS so its neural activity renders the anime classic Bad Apple in real time — a striking (and darkly funny) demo of neural decoding, captioned "I have no eyes, and I must see."
Related event: Simulated Fly Brain Plays Bad Apple in Stunning Demo(2 posts)→
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