Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Virtual reality for flies puts humans in control

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
50,135
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on May 1, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13814-virtual-reality-for-flies-...

Researchers are finding out that they can control a fruit fly's speed with a virtual reality system.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 9 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Top Comments

  • silly fruit fly, you cannot keep all your secrets from us for much longer...

  • Yes, but what about the psychological effect on flies.  Think of their families. How it will effect their culture. Science must really rethink this before continuing.

see all

All Comments (86)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • ANIMAL CRUELTY

  • Maybe now they can discover the vegetable fly...

  • can we now start to outsmart the mosquitos spreading malaria?

  • that llady is annoying

  • the lady talking sounds fat.

  • it'd be much easier to swat them if we could get them to hover on command like that

  • @Zyanerak much of our understanding of modern neuroscience and development is based on the fruit fly.

  • @rafael2k7 its a fly... or you may just be trolling w/e

  • @jonesr999 Yeah. What they need to outsmart is more aggressive animals! Agreed?

View all Comments »
Loading...
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more