This is really a great project! I’ve felt for years that the .NET community needs more powerful interop with the messy world of C++! For whoever has endured the pain of writing these wrappers by hand, projects like these are a lifesaver 👏

Our letter to Ursula von der Leyen this morning - we, scientists, need you to stand up and say – ‘I defend European science and the destruction of our ambitions for progress and prosperity – for the future of Europe - will not happen under my watch.’ #RescueHorizonEurope

Dear computational neuroscience colleagues: one of the themes that has been popping up in my "virtual office hours" is seeing students interested in compneuro who have taken introductory courses but lack mentorship/supervision to take on projects in order to hone their skills.

I finally bit the bullet to lay down in writing my thoughts on the relations between OSS and science. Thanks Anne Urai - @neuromatch.social/@anneurai for your thoughtful provocation. I agree long-author lists solve nothing if we are not ready for comprehensive and systemic change. Here is my full take.

This is a corollary to the tylercowen / Thiel concept of the Great Stagnation. Where has all that extra productivity gone? It doesn't appear manifest in the physical world, for sure, though you can argue it *is* there in the internet world. There are a few possible theses...

Applications are open for the #CAJAL #NeuroKit course on #Visual reactive programming – #Bonsai. 🎬👥Director: Gonçalo Lopes 👉info: ow.ly/2Rwu50CyxEQ ⏰DEADLINE: 20 Dec. 2020 📅 Dates: 18-22 January 2021 NeuroKits are #online courses with #handson kit. FENS

2weeks ago World of Warcraft Shadowlands was released with a some of my music. I am so grateful for this opportunity. Thank you derek matthew duke Charlotte Pyle (Moore)🖤 Jay Maguire for the opportunity and Neal Acree Glenn Stafford Jake Lefkowitz, David Arkenstone, Grantilda Von Scarehope 🎃 for the music.

We have a new version of the BonVision preprint now online! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Paper accepted, paper out eLife - the journal 🎉! Real-Time, low (to 0) latency animal tracking?! Use with our new GUI, Bonsai-Rx or #AutoPilot, or your own software! code: DLClive.deeplabcut.org paper: elifesciences.org/articles/61909 by Gary Kane, jonny saunders, Gonçalo Lopes, Alexander Mathis, & me!

Is there a new visual stimulus / environment that you would like to create? Ask us here if its possible using BonVision!! On the 15 Dec at 3-4pm GMT we will discuss these in a live coding session (DM for link), and possibly walk through making one of them with Gonçalo Lopes

I think everyone could use a lighthearted/happy story right now so here goes: At the beginning of the pandemic I went through some painful personal stuff and would often go out at night for long walks because no one was around and I couldn’t sleep anyway. One night I was walking

Remember this? "Anything you can do with Flash you can do with JS+Canvas+SVG" Clearly written by a non-artist coder who never used Flash, equivalent to: "Anything you can do with a paintbrush you can also do with a toothpick and an infinite amount of time."

"Yale’s renowned expert on 'the good life,' would, without hesitation, lie motionless and alone inside of this machine for the rest of her days." Jennifer A. Frey on happiness at Yale: shocking in the best ways farefwd.com/index.php/2020…

Open-source tools are revolutionizing neuroscience. Thanks to NeuroGEARS Miniscope Team DeepLabCut 🦄 Open Ephys https://bsky.app/profile/openephys.bsky and many others, we now have free tools that can all be integrated through Bonsai-Rx. We've published a quick guide to help you get started 💪 doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.…

We are incredibly excited to announce we are part of the eMOTIONAL Cities project, which will explore how the natural and built urban environments shape brain circuits and human behaviour. Join us to discuss the future of people-centred, robust cities: web2.spi.pt/eMOTIONAL-citi…

The BonVision paper is now published @elife (elifesciences.org/articles/65541). BonVision is a software that allows easy creation and control of closed-loop visual environments – perfect for all your visual experiments.

Just a couple of years ago I would probably be sitting on the camp saying this is too crazy of an approach to work, but glad to have been proven wrong by David Maas 🪄. I now deeply believe this has the potential to revolutionize the way the .NET community does native interop.

My Open Neuroscience BonVision talk starting soon: 4pm UK, 5pm CET, 11am EST, 8am PST... I'll be demo'ing some exciting new features. We are v interested in feedback and discussing future developments!