cool project to use a genetic algorithm for?

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I'm looking for a practical application to use a genetic algorithm for. Some things that have thought of are:

Website interface optimization
Vehicle optimization with a physics simulator
Genetic programming
Automatic test case generation

But none have really popped out at me. So if you had some free time (a few months) to spend on a genetic algorithms project, what would you choose to tackle?

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