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Holograms in the News - March 2008

Photonics.com – 31 March, 2008
Explosive holograms
But now a more precise, delicate task has been found for explosive materials-- embossing holograms in steel
 
Boston.com – 27 March, 2008
New New Hampshire. driver's licenses will have special security features
Starting in May, driver's licenses will include additional features: a ghost image and hologram, micro-text and invisible ultraviolet ink, and microscopic print
 
Tech-On – 25 March, 2008
Toppan, Hitachi create RFID Crystagram
Toppan Printing Co Ltd, Hitachi Ltd, and Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd have developed what they refer to as the "RFID Crystagram" label, which combines a hologram with a contactless IC chip.
 
CNet Asia – 21 March, 2008
Fake memory cards demystified
Established brands like SanDisk and Sony will have a hologram sticker on the box stating its genuine origin
 
SFGate.com – 21 March, 2008
Easter egg coloring kit gets a makeover
So I was thrown off a bit when the Paas people sent me two new versions – holographic and camoflauge
 
MacNews – 20 March, 2008
Apple Working on 3D Holographic Projection Displays
On March 20, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a new patent application of Apple’s that reveals they’re working on a next generation 3D holographic-like display system.
 
North West Arkansas News – 18 March, 2008
NCAA TOURNAMENT: Pricey, dicey pursuit

UALR ticket manager J. P. Flynn said the NCAA has taken steps to curb the practice by placing a hologram of the NCAA logo on all of its postseason tickets
 
Jerusalem Post – 15 March, 2008
New Worlds: 3-D holograms made easier, faster, cheaper
We may soon be able to go on field trips with a holographic pocket camera able to capture a hologram of a complete three-dimensional space in a single shot
 
Executives predict exodus from traditional workplace to more home-working
They will communicate by high-speed broadband, perhaps supplemented by hologram technology permitting virtual presence at meetings
 
Anti-fraud measures on Blue Badges
All new disabled driver badges will be issued in a tamper-proof laminated casing as part of the Government's drive to combat counterfeits.
 
Harriet Casdin-Silver, 83; holographic art pioneer
Years at the cutting edge of technology allowed Ms. Casdin-Silver to push the envelope of holography, and at the same time she expanded the boundaries of acceptable subject matter.
 
Caprari traceability
The system also guarantees that the products are authentic thanks to the Original Caprari Quality hologram affixed to each machine
 
New technique creates 3D holographic images
Scientists at Hopkins and Ben-Gurion University in Israel have developed a technology that actually allows 3-D images to be taken on microscopic samples.
 
Explosives used to emboss holograms in steel
The scientists are now working with industrial partners to create steel tools with holographic structures--as a "stamp" for applying holograms to plastic parts.
 
Hot holograms for North Wales firm
Moving, digital holograms are to be developed by a new North Wales firm for advertising and other purposes.
  
Favre memorabilia – watch out!
Look for a hologram in the corner of an autographed picture. Often times memorabilia brokers will attach a tamper-proof hologram that is uniquely numbered and can be tracked in a database
 
TSA takes over ID checks at airport
The ultra-violet light highlights holograms embedded in state identification cards. Each state has its own hologram ---- The TSA employees are trained to identify each state's hologram and detect attempts at copying them
 
Hologram exhibition at museum
Called 'Holograms, first 60 years', it is a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the first hologram and is the first major show of holograms in the UK for over twenty years
 
Hologram artist shows new image of Queen
The artist who created a hologram portrait of the Queen four years ago is to show previously unseen 3D and light-based images of her in a London show this month