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Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

3 min read

Holograms Help Cyclists and Pedestrians Stay Safe

A new holographic projector system will allow autonomous cars to communicate with pedestrians and cyclists without the need for hand signals from a human driver, according to its creators.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

4 min read

Then and Now – Rummaging Through the HN Archives

Reconnaissance International has embarked on a major exercise to archive the back catalogue of Holography News®. The task, which is nearing completion, was to add digitised versions of the paper publications for the years 1987-2003 (for which we are indebted to Prof Hans Bjelkhagen for the loan of his library of HN newsletters) to the existing digital versions of later years that had been collated by former editor, Ian Lancaster.

Editorial

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

1 min read

THCO 2023 – Call for Papers

After the success of THCO 2022, and the successful run of over 30 uninterrupted years, Reconnaissance International invites you to join with the rest of the holography community on 21-22 November for THCO 2023.

Events

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

3 min read

IN Groupe Acquires Portals Technology Business in Italy

IN Groupe, global specialist in identities and digital services and owner of SURYS, has announced that it has signed an agreement with UK-based Portals for the sale of papermaker Portals’ security components business in Bollate, Italy.

Companies

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

25 June 2023

4 min read

Progress for Light Field Labs

In December 2021, Holography News® reported that Silicon Valley startup company, Light Field Lab, was accepting advanced orders for its holographic display platform, dubbed SolidLight. Now that SolidLight is in production. we can follow up on the progress the company has made.

Companies Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

4 min read

Light Sheet Holography – a New Class of Hologram

A team of scientists and engineers led by Federico Capasso, Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has reported in Nature Photonics a new way of creating holograms using threads of light layered to construct 2D sheets containing tightly controlled arrays of light. These sheets can then be tightly stacked –like a pile of cheese slices – to depict 3D objects.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

2 min read

IHMA Services

In April 2023’s edition of the International Hologram Manufacturers’ Association (IHMA) patent newsletter more than 80 patents are listed, among them a method for anti-counterfeiting printed material from the National Printing Bureau (Japan).

IOTA (IHMA)

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

2 min read

IHMA Responds to EC Report on Brand Protection

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) has commented on the European Commission’s ‘Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Third Countries’, saying that it opens opportunities for anti-counterfeiting security devices such as holograms in developing countries.

Free IOTA (IHMA) Free

Francis Tuffy

25 June 2023

3 min read

NASPS – Build It and They Will Come

The African Currency Forum (ACF), held in Luxor, Egypt in January, gave the host country a chance to showcase its new Printing House and Cash Centre, and the National Company for Advanced Industries and Integrated Strategic Printing Solutions (NASPS). NASPS has already set up full service holographic production facilities, which has to be said went largely unseen and unreported by Holography News® – so we decided to investigate a bit further and find out more.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

5 min read

News in Brief

After its use as a means of holoporting actors, singers and sports people to remote venues, the Proto Epic is now being trialled to deliver witness testimonies.

News

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

5 min read

Profile of an Independent and Growing Optical Security Company

As editor of Holography News®, I have followed, with some admiration, the activities of renowned Czech Republic optical innovators IQ Structures. So, as I made my plans to attend the ODDS Conference in Prague it made sense that I should try and visit their facilities to find out more about the company.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

3 min read

Holograms on Japan's New Banknotes

Back in September 2021, Holography News® reported that printing had started of the newly designed 10,000 yen note which contained an intriguing moving portrait of Eiichi Shibusawa. Now, for the first time, The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has displayed the series of three new banknotes, and all of them contain a holographic portrait.

Free Free

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

6 min read

From Costa Rica to Meta’s Latest Plasmonic Banknote Security Features

Meta Materials Inc. (previously Nanotech Security Corp) has been a pioneer in banknote OVD (Optically Variable Device) technology for the past decade with innovations in micro-, nano- and now plasmonic structures. The company has also developed in-house secure foil production so that it can offer banknote stripes direct to customers.

Companies Currency Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

5 min read

Structural Colours Tell Their Own Stories

Structural colours, surfaces structured to control the interference of light, featured strongly in the ‘New Optical Techniques for Security’ section of ODDS 2023, Prague (17–19 April).

Events

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

2 min read

Colour-Coding 3D Light-Field Sensor

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Tianjin University have come up with a new light-field sensor which, they say, can create 3D images with an angular resolution as fine as 0.0018° — and can even extend into X-ray frequencies.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

1 min read

OpSec Goes Public, Again

OpSec has announced that it will list on the NASDAQ stock exchange by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) –Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I. The SPAC is an arm of OpSec’s current owners – the private equity firm Investcorp Technology Partners.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

25 May 2023

2 min read

Reconnaissance and IHMA Secretariat See New and Familiar Faces

A membership organisation on the scale of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), representing most of the world’s leading hologram companies, needs the backing of an active secretariat to deliver its range of member services, support its planned expansion and forge new industry collaborations.

IOTA (IHMA)

Francis Tuffy

1 May 2023

8 min read

ODDS 2023 – It’s Not Physical or Digital, It’s Physical AND Digital

Almost a year to the day since the inaugural Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) Conference in Vienna (Austria), 172 delegates from 94 global organisations along with representatives from government, research institutes and academia gathered (17-19 April) in Prague – the Czech Republic’s stunning capital city – to share recent technical developments in the fields of optical and digital document security.

Events

Francis Tuffy

1 May 2023

6 min read

Volumetric Multiplexing – the Best Thing Since Sliced Data

The work of most holographers involves recording or calculating the light reflected from a reflective/absorbent surface or from the internal volume contained within a partially transmissive surface.

Holography Origination Technology

Latest News

Holograms Help Cyclists and Pedestrians Stay Safe

Then and Now – Rummaging Through the HN Archives

THCO 2023 – Call for Papers

IN Groupe Acquires Portals Technology Business in Italy

OVDs Help Brazil Win New Passport Award

Progress for Light Field Labs

Light Sheet Holography – a New Class of Hologram

IHMA Services

IHMA Responds to EC Report on Brand Protection

NASPS – Build It and They Will Come

News in Brief

Profile of an Independent and Growing Optical Security Company

Holograms on Japan's New Banknotes

From Costa Rica to Meta’s Latest Plasmonic Banknote Security Features

Structural Colours Tell Their Own Stories

Colour-Coding 3D Light-Field Sensor

OpSec Goes Public, Again

Reconnaissance and IHMA Secretariat See New and Familiar Faces

ODDS 2023 – It’s Not Physical or Digital, It’s Physical AND Digital

Volumetric Multiplexing – the Best Thing Since Sliced Data

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