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25 July 2023

3 min read

Holography Part of Costa Rica Prize Winning Passport

In 2021, as Costa Rica reached the 200-year anniversary of independence from Spain and at a time when countries around the world were struggling with the effects of COVID, the country took the bold move to upgrade its travel document from machine-readable passport (MRP) to a fully compliant biometric passport, which was a joint winner of the 2023 Regional ID Document of the Year award at the HSP Latin America conference in the Bahamas.

ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

25 July 2023

2 min read

IHMA Services

In May 2023’s edition of the International Hologram Manufacturers’ Association (IHMA) patent newsletter more than 100 patents are listed, among them two from semiconductor wafer processing equipment manufacturer, AMS International, in the Holographic Displays section of the newsletter.

IOTA (IHMA)

Francis Tuffy

25 July 2023

5 min read

Holography and Research at DMU – a New Name is Added

The history of holographic research and practice at De Montfort University (DMU) Leicester, UK goes back many years to before the days of Profs Nick Philips and Hans Bjelkhagen, and more recently to Prof Martin Richardson’s activities in colour holography. We can now add to that list the name of Prof Christine White (Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities), who has taken over the direction of the Holography Lab at DMU.

Interviews

Francis Tuffy

25 July 2023

2 min read

Register Now for THCO 2023

The Holography Conference is the only global conference for the commercial holography industry – and has tracked every new development in holography since 1990.

Events

Francis Tuffy

25 July 2023

4 min read

End of the Road for Schengen Visa Sticker DOVID

On 13 June 2023, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) provisionally agreed on rules to digitise the Schengen visa procedure.

Free ID & Secure Documents Technical Features Free

Francis Tuffy

25 July 2023

4 min read

News in Brief

A rare Pokémon holographic card, that could sell for thousands of dollars, will be open for bids this month at Hansons Auctioneers (UK). The holographic Charizard trading card will be part of a collection up for auction in the auction house's specialist toy and trading cards event in July.

News

Francis Tuffy

25 July 2023

2 min read

Holograms Secure Number Plates in Tasmania

The government of the Australian island state of Tasmania is planning to make car number plates more secure with the decision to incorporate new holographic markings into their design.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

4 min read

The Holographic Classroom

Holography has a long history as a teaching tool, from the early use as interactive 3D representations of skulls, dental molds and religious relics to the current trend of integration into mixed reality to enhance the teaching and learning process. In this article, we take a look at the evolving role of the technology in teaching and, conversely, at how educators teach students about the technology.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

3 min read

Holograms Help Cyclists and Pedestrians Stay Safe

A new holographic projector system will allow autonomous cars to communicate with pedestrians and cyclists without the need for hand signals from a human driver, according to its creators.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

4 min read

Then and Now – Rummaging Through the HN Archives

Reconnaissance International has embarked on a major exercise to archive the back catalogue of Holography News®. The task, which is nearing completion, was to add digitised versions of the paper publications for the years 1987-2003 (for which we are indebted to Prof Hans Bjelkhagen for the loan of his library of HN newsletters) to the existing digital versions of later years that had been collated by former editor, Ian Lancaster.

Editorial

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

1 min read

THCO 2023 – Call for Papers

After the success of THCO 2022, and the successful run of over 30 uninterrupted years, Reconnaissance International invites you to join with the rest of the holography community on 21-22 November for THCO 2023.

Events

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

3 min read

IN Groupe Acquires Portals Technology Business in Italy

IN Groupe, global specialist in identities and digital services and owner of SURYS, has announced that it has signed an agreement with UK-based Portals for the sale of papermaker Portals’ security components business in Bollate, Italy.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

2 min read

OVDs Help Brazil Win New Passport Award

In this, the first major redesign of the country’s travel document for over two decades, the Casa da Moeda do Brasil used holograms and optically variable inks (OVIs) to help secure the document – and a prestigious international award.

Companies ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

4 min read

Progress for Light Field Labs

In December 2021, Holography News® reported that Silicon Valley startup company, Light Field Lab, was accepting advanced orders for its holographic display platform, dubbed SolidLight. Now that SolidLight is in production. we can follow up on the progress the company has made.

Companies Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

4 min read

Light Sheet Holography – a New Class of Hologram

A team of scientists and engineers led by Federico Capasso, Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has reported in Nature Photonics a new way of creating holograms using threads of light layered to construct 2D sheets containing tightly controlled arrays of light. These sheets can then be tightly stacked –like a pile of cheese slices – to depict 3D objects.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

2 min read

IHMA Services

In April 2023’s edition of the International Hologram Manufacturers’ Association (IHMA) patent newsletter more than 80 patents are listed, among them a method for anti-counterfeiting printed material from the National Printing Bureau (Japan).

IOTA (IHMA)

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

2 min read

IHMA Responds to EC Report on Brand Protection

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) has commented on the European Commission’s ‘Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Third Countries’, saying that it opens opportunities for anti-counterfeiting security devices such as holograms in developing countries.

Free IOTA (IHMA) Free

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

3 min read

NASPS – Build It and They Will Come

The African Currency Forum (ACF), held in Luxor, Egypt in January, gave the host country a chance to showcase its new Printing House and Cash Centre, and the National Company for Advanced Industries and Integrated Strategic Printing Solutions (NASPS). NASPS has already set up full service holographic production facilities, which has to be said went largely unseen and unreported by Holography News® – so we decided to investigate a bit further and find out more.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

5 min read

News in Brief

After its use as a means of holoporting actors, singers and sports people to remote venues, the Proto Epic is now being trialled to deliver witness testimonies.

News

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

5 min read

Profile of an Independent and Growing Optical Security Company

As editor of Holography News®, I have followed, with some admiration, the activities of renowned Czech Republic optical innovators IQ Structures. So, as I made my plans to attend the ODDS Conference in Prague it made sense that I should try and visit their facilities to find out more about the company.

Companies

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