The Challenge: Design and build a car capable of crossing the vast and imposing continent of Australia powered by nothing but the sun.

It is rightly called one of the great scientific adventures of our time, inspiring bright young minds from universities around the planet to design and build the world's fastest sun-powered vehicle. Since 1987, the event has drawn attention to the promise of solar transportation.

HP helped the two teams design and race cars that met the energy efficiency challenge by equipping them with workstations, notebook PCs and accessories.

The Dutch Nuon Solar Team won the race with their solar car, the Nuna 4. The team members are students of Delft University of Technology. Previous teams from the university had won the Panasonic World Solar Challenge in 2001, 2003 and 2005 with record-breaking speeds. The Belgian Team, which took second place, raced the Umicar Infinity. The team consists of 14 enthusiastic industrial engineering students and graduates from GROUP T University in Leuven.

Both teams demonstrated how young people with ambition can contribute to technological innovation and a sustainable future. -HP