Dragonflies and neural networks

Dragonflies and neural networks

Did you know that dragonflies are one of the most effective and accurate predators alive? And that while it has a brain consisting of very few neurons. Neuroscientist Greg Gage and his colleagues studied how a dragonfly locks onto its preys and captures it within milliseconds. Actually, a dragonfly seems to be little more than a small neural network hooked up to some wings, and optimized through millions of years of evolution.

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