Fly Brain

A fruit fly driven by a model of its real visual circuit (FlyWire connectome): it hunts fruit, dodges a looming swatter. Its neurons firing and the keys it presses play in the studio's 3D Fly view.

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At a glance

OutputBaked loopRendered once into a GIF that the panel loops with its own firmware: perfectly smooth, no Bluetooth traffic.

Settings3every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourceflybrain.pysrc/deskdot/apps/flybrain.py

Settings

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Swatter`danger`	choice	Normal	Calm (no swatter)NormalHectic
Fruit in the arena`fruit`	whole number	2	1 – 3
Fly`seed`Each number is a different fly and arena	whole number	7	0 – 9999

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview flybrain --settings '{"danger":"calm"}' --out flybrain.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/flybrain/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Fly Brain on my panel”. It calls show_app with "flybrain". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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