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My First Neuron

See the official My First Neuron page for full, up-to-date details.

My First Neuron is a toy "neural" system designed for teaching and play. The goal is to teach kids something about neural processing, and possibly make them think that neurons are "cool". It features:

  • Neuron - with excitatory and inhibitory synapses
  • Hair cell - provides spikes to other cells
  • Muscle - twitches when it receives a spike
The neuron features an audible piezo buzzer for indicating spiking activity and an LED bar graph for showing the internal membrane potential. It can store multiple user-programmable neuron models simultaneously. Cell parameters can be adjusted at runtime via a set of dials.





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