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Google’s mapped fruit-fly brain tackles Doom and Beat Saber in a neuroscience milestone
technology28 days ago

Google’s mapped fruit-fly brain tackles Doom and Beat Saber in a neuroscience milestone

Google has released a fully mapped male fruit-fly brain that researchers have used to train an AI-driven model to play Doom and Beat Saber, with demos showing the fly’s arousal state influencing its actions. The effort, led by Google researchers and demonstrated by hobbyists, is pitched as a foundational resource for neuroscience, even though early results are rough and the project is more about proving connectome-based control than delivering polished gameplay.

via Eurogamer.net|
#ai#brain-mapping#gaming
Real-Time 166K-Neuron Fruit Fly Brain Runs Inside Minecraft
science1 month ago

Real-Time 166K-Neuron Fruit Fly Brain Runs Inside Minecraft

Researchers used the complete connectome of an adult male fruit fly (166,000 neurons) to run a real-time spiking neural network inside Minecraft, using game inputs to trigger actions like flight and grooming. It's a simplified exploratory model, not a living brain or proof of consciousness, and it has sparked mixed reactions about simulation theory and turning neuroscience data into interactive experiments.

via x.com|
#brain-mapping#fruit-fly-connectome#minecraft
Complete male fruit‑fly brain connectome enables direct male–female neural comparisons
science1 month ago

Complete male fruit‑fly brain connectome enables direct male–female neural comparisons

A newly completed map of the adult male fruit fly central nervous system catalogs about 166,000 neurons and the connections between them, enabling direct comparisons with the female brain (mapped to ~140,000 neurons in 2024). This connectome will help researchers understand how neural circuits drive sex-specific behaviors such as mating and aggression and serves as a technical roadmap for broader connectomics efforts in other species, including potential implications for human neuroscience.

via Live Science|
#brain-mapping#connectome#fruit-fly
India Unveils the Most Detailed Brainstem Map Ever
science2 months ago

India Unveils the Most Detailed Brainstem Map Ever

Indian researchers at SGBC produced the most detailed brainstem map to date by integrating high‑resolution microscopy with MRI and block-face imaging, slicing samples into thin sections, annotating with in‑house software, and creating a browser‑viewable 3D brainstem model; the dataset could accelerate neurological research into diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, though the paper had not yet undergone peer review at the time of writing.

via Hackaday|
#3d-model#brain-mapping#brainstem
Nose-to-Brain Topography: Olfactory Wiring Is Systematically Mapped
science5 months ago

Nose-to-Brain Topography: Olfactory Wiring Is Systematically Mapped

A Cell study in mice shows that olfactory sensory neurons map to the brain via a topographic, non-random pattern that mirrors the nasal epithelium, with researchers linking neuron location to gene expression and finding basal stem cells preserve this organization as the epithelium regenerates, suggesting a general sensory-mapping principle and opening possibilities for smell-disorder therapies and digital scent tech.

via Hackaday|
#brain-mapping#nasal-epithelium#olfactory-mapping
technology7 months ago

Mind Meets Machine: The Coming Brain-Computer Interface Boom

A sponsored Visual Capitalist feature highlights breakthroughs in brain mapping and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), noting the BCI market could grow to about $8.7 billion by 2033 with applications in health, entertainment, disability restoration, and cognitive health, and situates these advances within the Dubai Future Forum’s Exploring the Unknown framework as part of a broader mind-tech frontier.

via Visual Capitalist|
#ai#brain-computer-interfaces#brain-mapping
AI Maps Brain Neighborhoods, Revealing 1,300 Mouse Subregions
science8 months ago

AI Maps Brain Neighborhoods, Revealing 1,300 Mouse Subregions

An AI method called CellTransformer analyzed RNA profiles from 3.9 million cells in a mouse brain to delineate 25–1,300 cellular neighborhoods, producing maps that align with known brain structures while revealing novel subregions; researchers aim to apply the approach to humans and other organs to sharpen understanding of brain function in health and disease.

via Quanta Magazine|
#ai#brain-mapping#machine-learning
Seven Tech Frontiers Set to Define 2026
technology8 months ago

Seven Tech Frontiers Set to Define 2026

Nature highlights seven technologies set to shape 2026, from xenotransplantation using CRISPR-edited animal organs to reduce immune rejection, to AI-powered weather forecasting and climate modelling, a renewed push in next-generation nuclear power including small modular reactors and fusion, and advances in light-microscopy brain mapping alongside a massive Vera C. Rubin Observatory sky survey that will catalog billions of celestial objects over a decade—portending gains in medicine, energy, climate science, neuroscience, and astronomy.

via Nature|
#ai-powered-meteorology#brain-mapping#fusion-energy
Breakthroughs in Brain Mapping Uncover Hidden Structures and Genetic Links
science11 months ago

Breakthroughs in Brain Mapping Uncover Hidden Structures and Genetic Links

A new AI-powered brain atlas called NextBrain provides unprecedented detail of the human brain, mapping 333 regions at cellular resolution by integrating microscopy and MRI data from post-mortem brains. This open-access tool enables rapid, precise analysis of living brain scans, improving early diagnosis of neurological diseases like Alzheimer's and advancing brain research. It was developed over six years using AI to align and label microscopic slices, and has been validated on thousands of MRI scans, offering a significant leap forward in neuroimaging and understanding brain structure and aging.

via Neuroscience News|
#ai#alzheimers#brain-mapping
Neuroscientist Explores Possibility of Uploading Human Minds to Computers
science11 months ago

Neuroscientist Explores Possibility of Uploading Human Minds to Computers

The article explores the possibility of uploading human consciousness into a computer, discussing the scientific challenges such as detailed brain mapping and sensory simulation, and suggests that while theoretically possible, it remains a distant goal likely beyond the next century, though technological progress continues to accelerate.

via Yahoo|
#brain-mapping#consciousness#future-technology