Show HN: Dewey: a connectome-driven fruit fly for your macOS menu bar

Category: other

Tags: connectome, macos, menubar, simulation, swift

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 3)

Dewey is a macOS menu-bar fruit fly whose behavior is driven by a reduced connectome circuit from the Janelia FlyEM male CNS dataset, simulated as a 60 Hz rate network. It combines real neural circuit topology with a SceneKit-rendered fly body, flight kinematics, window perching, and boid-based flocking for companion flies. It is a fascinating blend of computational neuroscience and whimsical desktop software.

Target audience: neuroscience enthusiasts, macOS power users, computational neuroscientists, creative developers

Repository: https://github.com/JorenSix/Dewey · Swift · 2 stars

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