An interesting news article was recently published by Science Daily, it talks mainly about the use of Evolutionary Algorithms to solve some complex problems like resource management in low rainfall regions, building bricks and automotive electronics:

Extensive resource management is required in low rainfall regions, where groundwater reserves are rare and must be tapped with great care. Various factors must be taken into account: How the ground water interacts with its environment, where drilling must be performed without disadvantaging neighbours, how the ground water can be protected over a long period of time, and how the development costs can be kept as low as possible: This complex application problem was examined by Tobias Siegfried and Wolfgang Kinzelbach, professor at the Institute for Environmental Engineering at the ETH Zurich, with the help of simulated evolution (…)

Perfected tower construction with the help of Evolutionary Algorithms.
(Credit: Johannes Bader /ETH Zürich)

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