Human Connectome Model Plays RUSH E: Brain Network Drives Lightsaber Rhythm Game
anselm · x · 2026-09-15
Riding the fly-connectome hype, NootropicsDAO went bigger: they built a model wired from a published human structural connectome (derived from diffusion MRI tractography) and had it play rhythm game RUSH E with two lightsabers.
Key technical details:
- Nodes correspond to brain regions (not individual neurons), edges to inter-region connections
- Block position, direction and timing enter visual-network nodes
- A readout from the somatomotor network controls the sabers
- The "lighting-up brain" visualizes the model's own changing states during gameplay
They're taking suggestions for what to make it play next.
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