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YOUR RUN / LIVE PROJECTION

FLY PAINT

Give the connectome a brief, pick a lane, and let it paint a shirt to your own spec.

CONNECTOME-DERIVED LIVE PROJECTION

Descended from the verified public MaleCNS runs. Read the run code

The brief perturbs the neural run. It is never printed as text on the shirt.

02 / LANE

Idle. Six passes, about a second of fly time.

RUN ID
PASS
0 / 6
SPIKES
0
ACTIVE NEURONS
0
Blank heavyweight black T-shirt

Unprinted blank. Chest print appears after a successful run.

$49Custom run · free US shipping

Deterministic run: the same brief, lane, and intensity reproduce this print. Made on the same 6.1 oz garment-dyed blank as Drop 001.

MALECNS V1.0 / DROP 001

A fly brain
walks into
the timeline.

166,700 neurons. 125 million synapses. Doom, Beat Saber, Bitcoin, and one very online insect.

NEURONS166,700
SYNAPSES125M
Reconstructed fruit-fly connectome holding two glowing sabers

37.7749° N / 122.4194° W

Designed
by fly.

Complete reconstructed male fruit-fly brain and central nervous system

THE SOURCE MATERIAL

This is the actual brain.

In 2026, Google Research and HHMI Janelia released the first complete wiring diagram of an adult male fruit fly’s brain and central nervous system. Then the internet gave it hobbies.

166,700+
neurons
125M
synapses
CC BY 4.0
open dataset

THE BLANK MATTERS

Actually a T-shirt.

01

6.1 OZ

Heavyweight without feeling armored.

02

100% COTTON

Pre-shrunk US ring-spun cotton.

03

GARMENT DYED

Washed black that gets better with age.

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DROP 001 / MADE ON DEMAND

SEE THE FLY DESIGN IT
$39Free US shipping
SIZE Size guide

Secure checkout by Stripe. Printed after you order. Estimated arrival 4–10 business days.

FIT + SIZE GUIDE

Relaxed unisex fit. Size down for a closer fit.

S 18¼ × 26⅝M 20¼ × 28L 22 × 29⅜XL 24 × 30¾2XL 26 × 31⅝3XL 27¾ × 32½4XL 29¾ × 33½
Width × length in inches.
MATERIAL + CARE

Comfort Colors 1717. 6.1 oz heavyweight, garment-dyed, pre-shrunk 100% ring-spun US cotton. Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low.