FIELD NOTE / Embodied flies

Fruit fly brain

A browser flight loop keeps its circuit small enough to inspect.

README reviewedSource checked Sep 10, 2026
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What’s going on here?

A TypeScript project extracts a MaleCNS vision-to-wing subgraph, applies a fitted rate model, and couples rendered eye input to a cartoon flight body.

THE IMPORTANT BIT

Where the wiring ends,
and the model begins.

The README calls the body and neuron dynamics cartoon/model layers and records unresolved flight limitations.

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