Generating Cone Shell (VIDEO)

University of California - Berkeley

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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.

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Alistair Boettiger & George Oster/UC Berkeley; Bard Emmentrout/Pitt

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