A defense spin-off applied for common use. Turning the world into a single, cohesive, global electronic village. It lists some of the web sites to use as starting points for one s journey in to Lighting on the internet. Computers can now exchange information irrespective of physical location, and files can be transferred rapidly between far off places. Email messages can be dashed off and replies received within very short times.
Instant messaging allows one to chat or talk almost in real time.
Certainly, the internet has revolutionized the way we work, and has been a tremendous boom for research as well as commerce. The lighting community has a very active and strong presence on the net, but locating the relevant information is sometimes more difficult than looking for a needle in the proverbial haystack. This article presents some links that allow one to start in the right direction. All links are presented in the appendix for easy use. A great hurdle for many people is the lack of knowledge about the intricacies of the web, making them reluctant to explore this wonderful medium.