Holographic Pack for Lambert & Butler

14 05 2008

Imperial Tobacco has developed a special edition holographic pack of Lambert & Butler to mark the cigarette marque’s 10 years as the UK’s biggest FMCG brand.
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Iain Watkins, trade communications manager at Imperial Tobacco, said: “To stay at the number one spot for ten years is no mean feat and to mark this achievement we have launched special edition holographic packs.
“It is also the first time a registered hologram has been used on a tobacco product, setting a new standard for product packaging.”
Source: www.ihma.org
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Business leaders Promotes Hologram Tours

14 05 2008

Business leaders are promoting hologram tours to avoid producing the significant greenhouse gas emmissions associated with air travel. Earlier in year Al-Gore-Vice President of USA and Prince Charles appeared as a hologram in World Future Energy Summit at Abu-Dhabi. Now, former SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian is urging eco-conscious rockers to stop showing up for gig-and prject themselves onstage insted to save the environment. The rockers claims his peers could cut down on emission by getting holographic.
He Says”I think we could reduce or need to travel if we could project ourselves into meeting and concerts. We have the technology and we’re not usiing it right now. “There would be no travel costs, so bands with very little money could play shows, and tickets would cost less”.
We hope that business leaders will follows this path lead by Prince Charles and Tankian by increasing tel-conferencing and hologram conferencing.
Sources: http://www.pr-inside.com



BMW X6 Ad Campaign pitches to Wall Street with Hologram Tours

14 05 2008

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BMW of North America is marketing the X6 as an entirely new class of vehicle. BMW is trying to catch people’s attention in a revolutionary way by utilizing hologram technology developed by the Dutch advertising firm, viZoo, a ten-foot long light-controlled area, the system will display a three-dimensional, interactive image of the X6 at four different locations in New York between April 21st and May 16th. The system is manipulated through a touch-screen mounted outside the display and allows participants to view the X6 from a variety of angles, check out the interior and get a run-down on the vehicle’s stats.
[Sources: BMW]



HoMAI Announces Winner of 8th Annual Holography Awards

10 05 2008

Press Release: May 6, 2008
HOLOGRAM MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA ANNOUNCES WINNER OF EIGHT ANNUAL AWARDS IN HLOGRAPHY
-Recognises excellence in Holography in 2008-

New Delhi, May 3, 2008: Hologram Manufacturers Association of India, an non-profit organisation formed to promote Holography in India announced the winners of the 8th Annual Awards in a ceremony held at Hotel Crowne Plaza, New Delhi.

The winners of the 8th Annual Awards are:

New Application:
Award - Holoflex Ltd for “TAO”
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd for “Kit-Kat”

New or Innovative Technique in Origination:
Award - Holostik India Ltd for “Hypertech”
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd for “Fotoworld”

New or Innovative Technique in Holographic Product / Conversion:
Award - Holoflex Ltd for “Duckback”
Commendation - Holoflex Ltd for “BSES”

Security / Authentication:
Award - Holostik India Ltd “Holostik R&D”
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd for “Earthquake”

Holographic Packaging:
Award - Holostik India Ltd for “Cock Fire-Crackers”
Commendation - Holographic Security Mar. Sys. Pvt Ltd for “All Out”

Highest Growth in Holographic Product Sales:
Award - Holoflex Ltd
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd

About HoMAI Awards:
The HoMAI Award is an annual award by the Hologram Manufacturers Association of India for excellence in holography in India.

About HoMAI:
HoMAI was founded in 1998 to promote the Indian holography industry as well as to fight against counterfeiting. HoMAI is the only 2nd Association in world which deals in promoting holography and anti-counterfeiting solutions. For further details, visit: http://www.homai.org/

For more information, contact:

C S Jeena
Hologram Manufacturers Association of India
Ph: +91-4161 7369
Mb:+91-98182 81116
E-mail: info@homai.org



HoMAI Elect His New Governing Body

7 05 2008

HoMAI 5 May 2008 : The results of election of Governing Body of Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI) were announced day before yesterday (Saturday 3rd May 2008). The election for the governing body was held during the 8th Annual General Meeting as per guidelines of HoMAI. HoMAI was established in 1998 to promote the Indian holography as well as to fight against counterfeiting. HoMAI is the only 2nd Association in world dealing in high security hologram and anti-counterfeiting solution.

Members of the Governing Body from 3rd May 2008 to 31st March 2010 are;

PRESIDENT:
MR. U K GUPTA – CMD (HOLOSTIK INDIA LTD0
E-mail: ukg@holostik.com
Website: www.holostik.com

VICE-PRESIDENT
MR. TARUN AGGARWAL – DIRECTOR (KUWER INDUSTRIES LTD)
E-mail: tarun@kuwer.com
Website: www.kuwer.com

MEMBER
MR. G S DHILLON - MD (ALPHA LASERTEK INDIA LTD
E-mail: dhillon@alt.co.in
Website: www.alt.co.in

MEMBER
MR. LUV D SHRIRAM- SHRIRAM VERITECH SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD
E-mail: info@veritechsolutions.com
Website: www.veritechsolutions.com

MEMBER
MR. MUKESH GOEL – DIRECTOR (GOPSONS PAPERS LTD)
E-mail: mukeshgoel@gopsons.com
Website: www.gopsons.com

CO-OPTED MEMBER
MR. PRADIP SHROFF- PRESIDENT & MD (PRS – PERMACEL PVT. LTD
E-mail: pradip.shroff@prs-permacel.com
Website: www.prs-permacel.com



HoMAI Annual General Meeting 2008

1 04 2008

VII ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MD & CEO’S OF HOLOGRAM INDUSTRY
ORGANISER HoMAI- (Hologram Manufacturers Association of India)

HoMAI is organizing VII ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on 3rd May 2008 at Crown Plaza, New Friends Colony, New Delhi. At this occasion HoMAI is organizing a head to head business meeting of all delegates & professionals to understand the industry & its requirements.

Opportunity for Participant:
There is a prospect for your company:
• To exclusively market your company (We choose only one sponsor from your industry segment).
• To expand & Build new business relationships.
• To retain relationship with existing clients and business partners.
• For head to head interaction with decisions makers in Hologram Industries in India.

Other Benefits:
• Display your marketing materials and invite your prospects to attend the conference at a special rate available through you as an exhibiting sponsor.
• Occasion to give 15-20 minutes of presentation to the general audience
• Company logo to appear on all event-related marketing materials including website, email announcements, Newsletter, signage and program.
• Company banner prominently displayed at the conference
• Recognition as a key event sponsor during event welcome, closing remarks and event publicity
• Two complimentary conference admission
• Discounted registration fees for your references.
• A complimentary copy of the e-Proceedings Conference CD-ROM.

To participate in the event / to become a sponsor / paper presentation, please contact C S Jeena at +91-9818281116 or Email at cjhomai@gmail.com.



HoMAI Excellence Annual Awards 2008

28 03 2008

HoMAI has announced invitation of applications for the 8th HoMAI Annual awards for Excellence in Holography 2008.

The categories for the Award are:-
New Application (Industry Segment)
New or Innovative Technique in Origination
New or Innovative Technique in Holographic Product or conversion
Security/ Authentication Hologram
Holographic Packaging
Highest growth in the holographic product/s sales

The above awards will be presented during the Annual General Meeting being held on 3rd May 2008 at Hotel Crown Plaza, New Delhi.

The last date for submission of duly completed applications for the above awards with all enclosures is 10th April 08.

For more information contact:

C S Jeena
Secretary – HoMAI
Email: info@homai.org
Tel: +91-11-30826923
Fax: +91-11-41617369



Harriet Silver - The Death of Pioneer in Art Holography

12 03 2008

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Harriet Casdin-Silver Dies
(Feb 10, 1925- Mar 10, 2008)

Harriet Cadin Siver (1925-2008) passed away unexpectedly of pneumonia on Monday, March 10, 2008. Harriet was truly a world pioneer in the art holography.

Harriet Casdin-Silver was perhaps the world’s leading exponent of holography, having developed technical skills and aesthetic applications unparalleled in the field. Harriet Casdin-Silver was a pioneer of art holography in the United States and was an important figure in the development of installation art and technological art in the 1960s. Casdin-Silver’s work was internationally recognized and has been exhibited for over 25 years in museums, galleries, and universities through the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Casdin-Silver was the first artist to develop frontal-projection holograms, the first to explore white light transmission multi-colored holograms, and the first to exhibit outdoor, solar-tracked holograms.

Casdin-Silver began her artistic career in the 1960s as a painter and quickly moved into multi-media and technological images. In 1968, she made her first holograms, becoming one of the first artists to work in this media. Casdin-Silver’s early work focused on both abstract and object-based images; by the late 1970s, Casdin-Silver began exploring the human figure, in particular the female body. At the same time, the artist began to combine holography with other media to create installation pieces. More recently, Casdin-Silver’s work focuses on the issues of feminism, the human form, the aging process, death, and issues of identity.

May Her Soul Rest in Peace



Holography with RFID in a combo pack

1 03 2008

Holograms and RFIDs are the similar technologies used by companies as a method for anti-counterfeiting and brand protection. Now the two technologies are coming in a combo pack with double protection to prevent pirates selling counterfeits.

Hitachi with Toppan has launched the world’s first hologram-toting IC tag. The ‘ IC Hologram’ combines the two technologies with a view to making tracking and verifying the authenticity of a product as watertight as possible. Future applications are likely to include using it to secure batches of medicines, but for now it’s going to keep tabs on really important stuff like designer perfumes and handbags.

The hologram element is costly to fake without large-scale facilities, while the RFID data is encrypted and even more difficult to crack. On top of those, the sticker they are rooted to can’t be peeled off a product without breaking into pieces.

Trade in counterfeiting and pirated goods cost global economy $ 650 billion annually. Toppan says this is crucial as “tens of trillions of yen (£100 billion+)” are lost to counterfeiters every year. More importantly, it reckons it can scoop up ¥4 billion (£19 million) in annual sales of the stickers.
Sources: http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/worlds-first-holographic-rfid-tag-252668



Prof Emmett Leith - Innovator of 3 D Holography

25 02 2008

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Prof. Emmett Leith was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 12, 1927, and received all three of his degrees, B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in physics, from Wayne State University, in 1949, 1952, and 1978, respectively. He spent his entire 50-year professional career at the University of Michigan. He was first employed as a research assistant (1952–1956) and then promoted to a research associate (1956–1960) at Willow Run Laboratories (WRL). In 1960, his research group at WRL was moved to the University of Michigan Institute of Science and Technology where he became a research engineer. He was appointed an associate professor of electrical engineering in 1965 and promoted to full professor in 1968.

In 1963, Emmett and Upatnieks introduced the technique of diffuse illumination to demonstrate the first high-quality holograms of three-dimensional objects. In Emmett’s own words: “We … found that the images formed from such holograms produced startling images, fully 3-D, without the need for viewing with special glasses, and had all of the usual properties of actual objects, including full parallax. One could move one’s head and peer ehind obscuring structures to see what was hidden behind, just as if one were viewing the actual objects.” When they presented their results publicly at the Annual Optical Society of America Meeting in the spring of 1964, they created quite a sensation.

Emmett Leith was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1982. In addition to this honor, he received many awards, including the National Medal of Science (1979), the IEEE Morris Liebmann Memorial Award (1968), the Stuart Ballantine Medal of the Franklin Institute (1969), the R.W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America (1975), the Frederic Ives Medal of the Optical Society of America (1985), and the Gold Medal of the SPIE (1990). Emmett supervised the research of 43 Ph.D. students at Michigan, and he regularly taught a variety of courses on basic optics and optical signal processing.

Emmett’s work on SAR and holography had an enormous technical impact and was a major driving force in shaping the field of optical signal processing. In addition to his educational and scientific contributions, his work spurred many commercial applications that now comprise a multi-billion dollar industry. Emmett, a humble individual by nature, loved his work and remained active in his field until the time of his death.

Award:
• IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award in 1960
• IEEE Morris Liebmann Memorial Award (1968)
• Ballantine Medal (1969)
• National Medal of Science in 1979
• Member National Academy of Engineering (1982)
• The Herbert Ives Medal of OSA in 1985
• The Gold Medal of SPIE
• The Progress Medal of the Royal Photographic Society of Britain
Member & Honors:
• Doctor of Science degree from University of Aberdeen
• Fellow of IEEE, SPIE and the Optical Society of America
• Honorary member of the Engineering Society (Detroit)
• Member: National Academy of Engineering.

By Professor Kim Winick
University of Michigan
EECS Dept., Univ. of Michigan
Tel: 734-764-520,Ffax: 734-763-8041
Email: winick@eecs.umich.edu

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