Holography News articles from December 2007

Holography News archives from December 2007

Multipurpose hologram reader.
December 1, 2007... The Belorussian supplier JSC Holography Industry Ltd has launched a new multifunction hand-held laser reader capable of detecting and reading covert laser images concealed in holograms. The reader is a joint development with sister company...

ABNH settles MasterCard dispute and is acquired by JDSU.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
December 1, 2007... In the latest chapter of the history of one of the seminal companies in the modern authentication industry, American Bank Note Holographics Inc (ABNH) has announced that it has settled its dispute with its prime customer, MasterCard...

Merger of technologies, not just companies.(EDITORIAL)
December 1, 2007... JDSU's acquisition of American Bank Note Holographics continues the consolidation of the North American holography industry that has been a feature of the past decade or more. It seems that every year or two brings another merger or acquisition...

Largest holo display screen at London's Prudential.(COMPANY NEWS)
December 1, 2007... German company ProNova GmbH (see HN Vol 20, No 11) has provided a 1m x 4m HoloPro[TM] holographic display screen for an installation in the London offices of the Prudential financial group. This, ProNova claims, is the largest single piece of...

Photopolymer film from Polygrama.(COMPANY NEWS)
December 1, 2007... Sergio Oliveira's Brazilian company Polygrama, which has been developing and supplying test samples of liquid holographic photopolymer (see HN Vol 19, No 5), has now introduced Croma Green, a blue-green sensitive photopolymer supplied...

ODS strikes a chord.(COMPANY NEWS)
December 1, 2007... Optical Document Security, the conference on optical security and counterfeit deterrence which takes place from January 23-25, 2008 in San Francisco, appears to have struck a chord with the authentication community, with (at the time of going...

HOE improves efficiency of photovoltaic cells.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
December 1, 2007... Prism Solar Technologies Inc (PST) was established in 2005 to develop and commercialise an invention from the University of Arizona. This uses a holographic solar concentrator to improve efficiency and reduce costs of photovoltaic (PV) arrays...

2007--this was the year that.....(Calendar)
December 1, 2007... January Holograms companies are the main group of founder members of the newly-launched International Authentication Association; Russia moves towards establishing technical standards for holograms; ProNova introduces a new widescreen...

OpSec, API and DLR set further new records.(STOCKWATCH)
December 1, 2007... It is difficult to predict the eventual level to which the world's economies will be affected by the current credit crisis. But of one thing we can be certain--it will be adverse. This period has seen the remarkable phenomenon of...

60 years: a celebration of holography 1947-2007; IBM's Lohmann makes computer generated hologram.(HISTORY OF HOLOGRAPHY)
December 1, 2007... A team at IBM's San Jose, California, research labs, led by Adolf Lohmann, has been working on ideas for a computer-generated hologram and has now successfully created both a 2-D hologram image and a 3-D hologram image of objects that have...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Conference news)(Calendar)
December 1, 2007... Practical Holography XXII January 20-21, 2008 San Jose, CA, USA www.spie.org 8th Security Printing Conference January 22-23, 2008 Ljubljana, Slovenia www.security-printing.com Optical Document Security ...

ABNH hot-stamping patent invalid.(10 YEARS AGO)
December 1, 2007... A US District Court ruled that American Bank Note Holographics' two patents on the hot-stamping of holograms, known as the Gallagher patents after Terry Gallagher, were invalid on the grounds of obviousness. This was the climax of a case...

A good year for film hologram sales.(20 YEARS AGO)
December 1, 2007... In the first Holography News review of the year, the December 1987 issue reported that this had been a good year for sales of reflection holograms on film. This was the year that Tonka launched its Supernaturals toy range, with film...