@Uchiha Sasuke: how the hell did you conclude that from what I wrote??? I am just giving some additional information from some of the other teams, because from what I mentioned above it is clear that the Japanese won, so they probably deserved it. The even won by quite a big difference. I believe over 200-300km before the 2nd arrived, which is pretty impressive.

It's not that easy. The rules say the driver has to be at least 80kg. If the driver is lighter additional weight has to be put in the car to match that. As far as the panels go, there are rules about the total size of those also. Each edition of the WSC has some additional rules compared to the previous edition. In this years cars for example the drive had to be positioned in a sitting position whereas in previous edition the driver was laying down.

the did: http://globalgreenchallenge.com.au/participants/eco-challenge

actually, it's pretty much amazing they even finished 2nd place as during test before the race the crashed their car. They had to fix alot and even had to fly in new parts for the car from The Netherlands. They were not able to use the full capacity of the car.

Also too bad the Belgian car crashed and was totaled on the first day of the race. The went from 9th to 2nd place and had the Japanese in sight but then crashed due to a sudden strong wind and drove into a tree. Very tough luck :s

@Matt: if that's the case, I hope that in a few months they mention the new car of the Nuon Solar Team of the Univ. of Deft in The Netherlands. Their car won the last 4 World Solar Challenges, ever since they started participating in it. Imho, THAT is more awesome. For the record, the MIT car has only been on a 3rd place in 2005.

LOL, good one. For those who don't know, he's talking about something from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/belgium.shtml).

BTW, I am actually from Belgium, but nobody is perfect right? ;)

Mine has been delivery at about 13h local time here in Belgium. Too bad I'm at work so I'll have to wait until later to enjoy Leopard. Still, I've got a full weekend to enjoy it so it's better then waiting until Monday :)

FYI, Philips is one of the biggest providers of Medical Systems in the world. I am pretty sure that if you ever have been in a scanner in a hospital is was most probably build by Philips.

I for one am not waiting for this, it's just stupind imho. Just think about it, how in Gods name are you going to store these things if you have like 100 of them? Not as easy as storing a CD is it? Won't be easy to find the album you really wanted to listen to today.

I am very curious about what the price of the unlocked version will be since it will be a nice indication what it will be when it comes to Belgium (cellphone locking is by law forbidden here). I hope it won't be too high (but am scared it will be).