There's still time to enter May's prize draw where O'Reilly has provided 10 copies of "Making Things See" for those who can answer the simple question "What is it about?"
The clue of course is on the book cover
but if you want to check you've made the right guess then read Harry Fairhead's review, which concludes that this is "an excellent book" that:
"will save you hours of work and lets you step up to the more interesting problems in using the K** in projects."
The genetic algorithm can be used to evolve solutions to all types of problem. The latest work demonstrates how it can evolve "soft robots" with body parts built from a range of materials.