The time is drawing near for the World Wide finals.

All the important things have been done (Booking trips to Disneyland)......  Now we've just got to do a little bit of touching up of presentation and a little more practice :)

We couldn't quite squeeze into the XXL t-shirt we received from Vodafone, so we found a much better use for it. 

The summer is going to be so much nicer than freezing cold flats in Christchurch... not to mention the 4 star hotel     hmmm...... I feel warmer just thinking about it. 

Along our Journey, there have been many companies helping us out, and we've just gained an extra helper or two :)

So far, we've been given a free developers licence for Telogis' Geobase software, which our Simulation and algorithm hook into to calculate distances on roads etc - all the mapping stuff.

We're also getting some TrimTrac devices from Trimble, which will allow us to track vehicles driving around :) hehehe.....

The TrimTrac devices need SIM cards to get transmitting their locations, and that's where Vodafone come in! As well as providing some SIM cards, they've also given us a phone to take to France to act as a modem, which will receive messages from passengers, and allow us to have input into our simulation.  We got our contact to Vodafone through Clarus, so big Ed has been very helpful.

Our fame continues, with a story being printed in the Christchurch Star newspaper this Sunday I think*, as well as another local newspaper.

I've got a Vodafone Motorola charging at the moment, and should be able to test it out tonight :D