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The robotic fly that we actually make the most use of in our laboratory is actually not a small thing, it's a giant thing. It has about a meter... →
We discovered that fruit flies alter course in less than one one-hundredth of a second, 50 times faster than we blink our eyes, which is faster than... →
Although their maneuverability is limited, blind flies can fly remarkably well.
One of the fastest things a fruit fly does is take information from its eyes and react accordingly.
I grew up watching 'Star Trek.' I love 'Star Trek.' 'Star Trek' made me want to see alien creatures, creatures from a... →
It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when... →
The fruit flies we work with have the equivalent of about a 25 by 25 pixel camera. But that camera is very, very fast, about 10 times faster than the... →
There's so many mysteries related to how flies are able to make their way through the world. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about how... →