BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE. OPEN TO EVERYONE.
Small brain.
Wild
possibilities.
Play with a fly. Tap into its brain.
Games, experiments and an API for your own ideas.
Open access. No code required.

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SPECIMEN / 001Drosophila melanogaster
SMALL BY NATURE.EXTRAORDINARY BY DESIGN.
01 — A NEW KIND OF PLAYGROUNDSCROLL TO DISCOVER
138,639↗NEURONS. ONE TINY BRAIN.
2.7M+MAPPED NEURAL CONNECTIONS
10×READY-TO-TRY SIGNALS
03↗PROJECTS. READY TO PLAY.
01 / INSIDE THE FLYNature wrote the wiring.
Nature wrote the wiring.
You bring the curiosity.
A tiny universe of connected neurons.
Send a signal. Watch something happen.
INTERACTIVE SPECIMENFLYWIRE / V783
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NEURAL ATLAS138,639individual neurons
DRAG TO EXPLOREATLAS / AMBIENT VIEW
TRY IT RIGHT HERE
What happens when a fly tastes sugar?
10 WAYS TO SAY HELLOSugarShadowScentTouchSongPheromoneColourHumidityHeatBitter
Try every signal 02 / SMALL BRAIN. BIG MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY.Less watching.
Explore the playground Less watching.
More “wait, a fly did that?”
PLAYABLE / EXPERIMENT 003Your ego.
Your ego.
Her reflex.
Eight swings. Three hits to win.
Surely you can beat a fruit fly.
002 / INTERACTIVE ART
Turn a signal into a spectacle.
Light, motion and colour from the fly’s neural activity.
001 / REFLEX RUNNER
Five shadows. One tiny reflex.
A scent sets the pace. The escape signal sets the jump.
THREE PROJECTS. ONE NEURO API. YOUR IDEA COULD BE NEXT.Build with the brain