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Breeding Race Cars With Genetic Algorithms
smack-pot writes "Wired News has an article about how the Digital Biology Interest Group at University College, London is using genetic algorithms to breed superfast Formula-One race cars. 68 design parameters were configurable in the cars, and the generated designs were tested using the racing simulation software developed by the game developer Electronic Arts. According to the research it is possible to shave off 88/100th of a second per lap by using genetic algorithms to tune the cars. In an industry where a tiny fraction of a second matters, that's significant."
This will EVOLUTIONALIZE racing ;)
It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
when a driver slams into the wall, will this be a GMO accident?
Here's a good link for people who don't know what Formula One racing is.
How long then before racecars come with a "pedigree" like a champion racehorse or a Crufts prizewinning pooch?
"And Schumacher rides to victory again in his car 'Victorious Monarch' which of course comes from the Ferrari stable and is the offspring of 'Burning Rubber' and 'Teutonic Speed Demon'"
A little planning goes a long way...
This lot must have come from one of those places where it's still legal to marry your sister...
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
After careful research, I found a visual aid that helps clear up the mystery.
**WARNING** Do not view at work (if you are a mechanic). It's a truckse.cx link.
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
You've never watched a certain M Schumacher, obviously. The guy is a robot.
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
Here's a good link for people who want to find out more about any unknown terms.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
But before using Google, you must buy a computer
I can't believe that such a comment would apply to an "Electronic Arts" video game...
Taking stuff apart since 1969 (TM)
Here's a good link for people who want to find out more about any unknown terms.
.. I can finally figure out what this Linux thing is.
Thanks ever so much
Funtage Factor: Purple
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Genetic Racing sounds great in theory, but wait until the first inbred cars come out. You know, they start all scientific with that Formula 1, but when it works its way deep inside the country with NASCAR... oh, my hominy grits... those Republicans are gonna want to force us to race whatever comes out of the oven.
Zen is certainly the mystical function of the equation. Unfortunately, it is one we engineers find difficult to address.
In my many years of study (I go almost all the way back to Prolifferro Nuvolari), the theme of the driver as a closed loop has been my frame of reference. At speed the human body supplies an enormous amount of sensory data from vibration, centrifugal force acting upon the entire body, visual, auditory, data from the parts of the body in direct contact with the car, etc. etc.
That data combines within the nervous system and results in a tremendously complex firing of nerves that initiate hundreds of thousands of muscle twitches and jerks that, when applied to the controls of the car, make it go around. I know this sounds complex but when you realize we are dealing with thousandths of a second per lap, you'll see what I mean.
"There must be a better way", I always said to my self. Then one hot summer day, while eating a Creamcicle, it came to me. "The parts of the body in direct contact with the car" !! Carumba!!! Why didn't I think of it before ?? And, which part of the body has the greatest surface area that contacts the car ?? It was as plain as the nose on your face.
You will appreciate the need for working in secrecy these last few years. But, since you brought it up, now it can be told. If I could come to you as a race car driver and say, "How would you like to have 750 ONE THOUSANDTHS of a second per lap, guaranteed, money back, for only $89.95." What do you think you'd say ? Think of it. That's 562,000 one thousandths in the Sunbank 24 hours or almost 10 minutes !!
It took several years to develop and test my theory. My methods shall go with me to the grave. I was able to ascertain that there is a direct correlation between the sensitivity of a race car drivers Glutinous Maximus and his standings in his respective series. Then the question became, "How to neutralize this God given "Unfair Advantage" ?? How to give those less well endowed by their makers a boost up, so to speak, in this department ?? It was an ergonometrict engineering tour de force.
Sometimes the old ideas are best. Do you remember the old "Union Suit" ? With the trap door ? My Company has developed (with clever use of Velcro and tiny Japanese electric motors) the "Tenth of a Second" driver's suit. We advertise 750/1000 but
actually deliver a full tenth.
The device is simplicity itself. When the driver squirms down into the car, our unit pulls away all 3 layers of cloth rolling them neatly into an out of the way pouch. This puts the actual skin of the driver's Ass in direct contact with the Kevlar of the car seat. When the driver pulls himself up out of the car, the device modestly reverses, the result being seamless and unobtrusive. A special crash sensor activates the device in that eventuality, preventing possible burns. There is a separate manual control which has been redesigned after the embarrassing incident in Victory Circle at one of our test locations.
When we first approached drivers to test our prototypes, the reaction was cautiously positive and even a bit skeptical. After using the product all but one drive was enthusiastic. The usual response was, "Where can I get me one of these ?"
In this our first season, a certain few select drivers will be using our device in select races. For those of you interested from a scientific viewpoint I will be able to Email, at your request, car #s and races 5 days before each event. For those drivers who are constantly mobbed by hordes of beautiful women, the location of the manual button is being kept secret.
It will not get much faster, but will start running over pedestrians while a HUD shows how many points the pilot scored...
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Not a sentence!