Evolution of the Species

Hello world!

The first release version of Aura is being tested. We will continue to provide Efika MX uboot support, but we are looking forward to Aura's initial release to coincide with the introduction of the mass production version of the Efika MX hardware scheduled for next month.

Aura on the Efika MX and i.mx51 will be presented at the Future Electronics' Advanced Engineering University which will begin later this week in Montreal.

Johan Dams posted a picture of the GPS tracking package he has developed using the Efika MX smartbook as a base station. Johan has posted this under Efika MX Project #732. The base station, as well as the tracker are powered by a Li-ion phone battery, and charged over USB. USB alone is not enough to power the base station since in some cases the GSM module needs up to 2A - which USB cannot deliver. The tracking software is a Qt application and thus portable to any Qt supported platform.

We have been awfully busy lately. Sorting through notes made over the last few days we had intended to write something about one of the following topics:

The 18 March 1990 East Germany elections. For the first time in 40 years, East Germans voted in free elections -- real elections with parties and candidates that had real differences about how to move the country forward. 93 percent of eligible voters participated.