Fly connectome with 166,000 neurons goes open and gets ported into Minecraft and DOOM
APPSO · wechat · 2026-09-16
HHMI Janelia and Google Research released Male CNS v1.0, the first complete connectome of an adult male fruit fly — 166,000+ neurons across the central brain, optic lobes and ventral nerve cord. Within weeks hackers ported it into Minecraft, DOOM and Beat Saber, sparking 'digital life' debates, while developers clarify it's a computational simulation, not a mind upload.
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