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Valuable Internet resources for engineers.

The Biometric Consortium

http://www.biometrics.org/html/publications.html

This focal point for the research, development, testing, evaluation and application of biometric-based personal identification and verification technology offers a bibliography of articles on biometrics.

Solar Factbase

http://www.ases.org/solarguide/factbase.html

Compiled by the American Society of Solar Energy, this "factbase" serves as a resource of technical information and market data on solar energy technologies, including photovoltaics, building design, wind and solar thermal.

CalcMaster Lighting Design Tool

http://206.168.103.225/appleton/appleton.html

This free lighting layout software, available from the Skokie, Ill.-based Appleton Electric, assists lighting designers by using the zonal cavity method.