RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Ethoscopes: an open platform for high-throughput ethomics JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 113647 DO 10.1101/113647 A1 Quentin Geissmann A1 Luis Garcia Rodriguez A1 Esteban J. Beckwith A1 Alice S. French A1 Arian R. Jamasb A1 Giorgio F. Gilestro YR 2017 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/04/02/113647.abstract AB We present ethoscopes, machines for high-throughput ethomics in Drosophila and other animals. Ethoscopes present four unique features: they provide a software and hardware solution that is reproducible and easily scalable; they perform not just real-time tracking, but faithful real-time profiling of behaviour using a supervised machine learning algorithm; they can stimulate flies in a feedback-loop mode; they are highly customisable and open source. Ethoscopes can be easily built using 3D printing technology and they rely on Raspberry Pi and Arduino to provide affordable and flexible hardware.