Holography News articles from September 2008

Holography News archives from September 2008

Breakthough in X-ray holograms.
September 1, 2008... Researchers at eight institutes in the US and Europe have reported a major breakthrough in the production of holograms of microscopic objects using X-rays, having joined forces to produce two new types of hologram with what they term 'massively...

DNP's 3D e-beam hologram.
September 1, 2008... Japanese company Dai Nippon Printing Corporate (DNP) has introduced the Reliefgram, a full-colour 3D hologram originated with an e-beam system which they claim produces superior, higher resolution, brighter images than previous e-beam methods....

Use and mis-use of the h-word.(VIEWPOINT)
September 1, 2008... In the July issue of Holography News, we ran an editorial on 'What is a Hologram?' This was in response to the blizzard of media coverage on the virtual appearance of celebrities at events as so-called holograms, when in fact the technology to...

Remington selects DLR for hunting products.
September 1, 2008... Hard on the heels of the announcement that it is to provide the secure licensing programme for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (see HN Vol 22, No 8), De La Rue Holographics has reported another secure licensing contract, this time for...

Underwriters Laboratories upgrades security labels.(IN THE NEWS)
September 1, 2008... Underwriters Laboratories - one of the world's largest safety certification organisations - has issued a new holographic security label for UL-certified products that is a marked improvement on previous versions. UL first started using...

Holography in Minsk.(COMPANY PROFILE)
September 1, 2008... The impact of the break-up of the Soviet Union on the Belarus scientific community can be seen in the shrinkage of the country's Institute of Physics (part of the Belarus National Academy of Science) by some 60% from its complement in USSR...

Reflection hologram auto-stereo projector screen.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
September 1, 2008... Geola Digital uab, the Lithuanian company which specialises in lasers and large format holograms, has built a prototype auto-stereoscopic projector display screen using a reflection hologram of a white object. This unusual approach, according...

Meltdown week.(STOCKWATCH)
September 1, 2008... Last month we recorded the anniversary of the start of the credit crisis. A lot has happened over the subsequent year, but nothing compared with the rate of change this last month.... In the USA banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have...

Tax stamp forum: call for papers.(CONFERENCES)
September 1, 2008... The Tax Stamp Forum is a new event that takes place from February 23-24, 2009 in Budapest, Hungary, and Reconnaissance International is now issuing a Call for Papers. The conference is the first of its kind to focus on the growing market...

Polaroid quits holography.(10 YEARS AGO)
September 1, 2008... Despite a long and honourable history in holography, following Edwin Land's initial support to Stephen Benton in his invention of rainbow holography, in September 1998 Polaroid announced that it would close its Holographic Products Division at...

Growth for Shiner.(COMPANY NEWS)
September 1, 2008... Shiner International, the Chinese-based packaging and security film manufacturer newly listed on NASDAQ, has reported a 45% increase in sales for the second quarter of 2008 to $14.2m, and a 93.4% increase in net income to $1.8m. According...