Generating Cone Shell (VIDEO) University of California - Berkeley This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption A simple neural network model of seashell growth can generate realistic mollusk shells based on a simple principle discovered 140 years ago. This computer-generated shell closely resembles the shell of the mollusk Conus gloriamaris, a poisonous marine snail found throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans. Credit Alistair Boettiger & George Oster/UC Berkeley; Bard Emmentrout/Pitt Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.