TED Talks

Greg Gage: How a dragonfly's brain is designed to kill

TV-PG
2018 • E176    Jun 11, 2018    15m
Dragonflies can catch prey with near perfect accuracy, the best among all predators. But how does something with so few neurons achieve such prowess? Our intrepid neuroscientists explore how a dragonfly unerringly locks onto its preys and captures it within milliseconds using just sensors and a fake fly.

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