Holography News articles from December 2009

Holography News archives from December 2009

Dai Nippon PP passport laminate.
December 1, 2009... Abstract A hologram duplicating method and apparatus whereby a photosensitive material film is continuously and smoothly brought into close contact with the surface of a hologram original plate, and the film is effectively delaminated after a...

RabbitHoles 3D motion holograms.
December 1, 2009... Lewis Carroll gave Alice a new way of seeing the world by sending her down a rabbit hole and this inspired Canadian company Rabbit Holes Media Inc. (RHMI), based in Gatineau, Quebec, to adopt as its mission statement: 'To give the world a new...

Authentication in developing nations.(Editorial)
December 1, 2009... Those of us who live in developed countries who travel frequently and own cell phones forget that most of the world still lives and dies in a 10 mile radius. In Africa and India combined there are over a billion teenagers and adults who do not...

British Museums' holo-project.
December 1, 2009... The article about Greece's HoloCultura project in the November issue of Holography News prompted Prof Hans Bjelkhagen of Optic Technium to remind us of the similar British project, titled Bringing the Artefacts Back to the People. The project...

Matthias Lauk 1947 - 2009.(Obituary)
December 1, 2009... It is with regret that we note the death from cancer of Matthias Lauk, perhaps the most consistent and influential collector of holograms. Lauk was fascinated by innovative media, and in the 1970s he established a promotional agency...

OpSec Interim loss as De La Rue announces Interim sales up 3%.(Financial report)
December 1, 2009... Hit by the recession and the loss late last year of a Middle Eastern tax stamp contract, OpSec announced in its first half results to September 30th sales revenue down 14% to [pounds sterling]16.3m (2008: [pounds sterling]18.9m), resulting in an...

Holographic Security Innovations.
December 1, 2009... John Drinkwater, formerly the holographer and technical director at De La Rue Holographics and one of the founders of Optaglio, has established a new company in the UK called Holographic Security Innovations Ltd, otherwise known as Holographic...

A year of growth!(Stockwatch)
December 1, 2009... The markets held firm in the last month despite the tense atmosphere. Politicians, economists, bankers, institutions, companies and the public all eagerly now wait for, and then analyse, statistics for signs of a continued recovery - what they...

RabbitHoles' Obama-gram.(Hologram of the Month)
December 1, 2009... This month, RabbitHoles Media launched a limited edition of a full-color image of President Obama. Unusually for this company, this RabbitHole[R] was not commissioned but was produced to test the market for holographic imagery through direct...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 14-16 2010.(HOLO-PACK HOLO-PRINT 2010)
December 1, 2009... Holo-pack * Holo-print[R] 2009 was one of the best-attended and acclaimed events in the 20-year history of this event. Holo-pack * Holo-print 2010 will be held in Le Meridien Hotel, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, as part of a week of related events....

IHP's iScan computer to plate origination.(10 YEARS AGO)
December 1, 2009... The trend to direct-write holograms was launched by US company International Holographic Paper's development of the iScan interferometric scanning system in late 1999, as reported in the December '99 issue of Holography News. IScan uses a pulse...

Film hologram giftware market.(20 YEARS AGO)
December 1, 2009... The December 1989 issue of Holography News[R] reported an informal survey of film hologram producers conducted by the publisher, which concluded that the sector was growing at 10-15% annually, but this was a slowdown on previous growth rates....

Hazen establishes itself in holo packaging.(Company News)
December 1, 2009... Hazen Paper Company of Holyoke, MA, USA, is a third-generation family owned business which specializes in paper/board lamination for unique applications for packaging, publications, collector cards and lottery tickets. With John Hazen at the...