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Francis Tuffy

30 Oct. 2023

5 min read

Holograms on ID Documents – Where Next?

Holography, and other optical security devices, have become a mainstay of document design when it comes to protecting the photo and personally identifiable information on ID cards, passports, visa stickers and other documents for authenticating a person.

ID & Secure Documents

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

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.

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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

22 Feb. 2023

2 min read

ODDS Conference Hits the Phygital Nerve

The programme for the second Optical and Digital Document Security (ODDS) conference is now available, demonstrating the importance of this event in bringing together people involved in developing digital systems for identity and financial transactions with the more traditional security document community. The conference will be on 17-19 April 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Events ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

22 Feb. 2023

2 min read

Machine-Readable Holograms from IQ Structures

IQ Structures, a research and production organisation focused on nanotechnology engineering, part of the IQS Group, has introduced holograms that can be authenticated automatically. All it takes is a normal light and a mobile phone app.

Brand Protection ID & Secure Documents Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

18 July 2022

2 min read

Regula Rethinks Border Control

The almost unlimited access to high-quality printing services, as well as to sophisticated graphics software, has increased the quality of document forgery in recent years to the point where it is becoming more difficult for border control officers to tell the difference between real and fake secure documents.

ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

18 July 2022

3 min read

IDEMIA’s New Addition to the LASINK™ Family

In January of this year, Holography News® reported on the launch of LASINK™ Helios from secure identity services company IDEMIA. The company has now added LASINK™ 3D to the family of technologies aimed at protecting the portrait on an ID document from fraud.

ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

3 min read

High Security Print Industry Recognises Importance of Holography

The prestigious Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing™ EMEA conference. Several of the recent award winners use holograms or other DOVIDs as their primary first level security feature.

Events ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

8 min read

The Future of Security Holograms Looks Bright, with Scattered Showers

For a technology that has seen its own fair share of change since its commercial inception in the 1980s, holography has established itself as a vital part of several industry sectors; most prominently in security print, brand protection, testing and monitoring, head-up displays and most recently as an enabler of virtual and augmented realities.

Events ID & Secure Documents

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Holograms on ID Documents – Where Next?

Holography Part of Costa Rica Prize Winning Passport

End of the Road for Schengen Visa Sticker DOVID

OVDs Help Brazil Win New Passport Award

ODDS Conference Hits the Phygital Nerve

Machine-Readable Holograms from IQ Structures

Regula Rethinks Border Control

IDEMIA’s New Addition to the LASINK™ Family

High Security Print Industry Recognises Importance of Holography

The Future of Security Holograms Looks Bright, with Scattered Showers

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