Hologram Industry News

MELBOURNE, Elkins Industries’ new 3400S portable semiconductor laser system has an output power of 35 to 40 mW continuous wave (CW) and as much as 50 mW for peak radiant flux. The company said the laser is rugged, lighweight, portable (0.750 ” diameter x 3.750-in. laser head; 5.80″ x 5.250″ x 2.10″ system unit) and easy to use.

Holograms can be made and “played back” with the laser, which has industrial, medical, scientific and general applications. It can operate in either CW or pulse mode with ~40 percent duty cycles and exhibits low divergence and spot size over a great distance. It can be used directly with a provided AC power adaptor (battery charges last for 6 to 10 hours, and it stores a charge for several months when not in use).
Sources: http://www.photonics.com/content/products/2007/December/14/89991.aspx

Air Force-funded scientists are developing hologram displays that could offer commanders an overhead view of battle-space terrain in nearly real time.

Though holographic images of battle space can be projected now, they’re not very practical. The displays are typically one foot by one foot, monochromatic and slow to load, according to a University of Arizona team paid by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

But those scientists are now developing rapidly updatable holographic displays in color that are roughly three feet by three feet. The scientists project high-definition three-dimensional images with laser light.

“We use high-efficiency, low-cost dynamic recording material capable of very large sizes, which is important for life-size realistic 3-D displays,” said Nasser Peyghambarian, a scientist leading the research team. “It’s believed that pilots may react and make decisions much faster if they receive 3-D information, which is much more realistic compared to the two-dimensional displays they currently use.”
sources: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/12/airforce_holograms_071211/

Zebra Technologies , a worldwide leader in card printing and bar code labeling solutions, has� introduced the Zebra(R) P630i(TM) single-sided laminating card printer. According to Mr. Ram Ramaprasad, director of product managemet of Zebra”"The P630i lets organizations create high security photo ID cards and access control credentials reliably and quickly,”. � These cards are� used to print tens of millions of secure IDs by governments in dozens of countries, including driver’s licenses in many U.S. states.� It has� a unique range of security� include customizable holograms and other covert features within the laminate as well as a variety of encoding options.
Sources:� http://www.zebracard.com.

Sleever International has introduced a new technology to help the wine and spirits industry to counter counterfeiting and forgery. The� Holosleeve is heat-shrink labels with integrated holograms will help the wine and spirits industry to counter counterfeiting and forgery. Accroding to the Sleever International the� technology could find application in the perfume, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors.
As per a report by� Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), alcohol and beverages are among the most counterfeited articles in the world trade. Accroding to research� study by OECD, counterfeit and pirated goods across national borders may have amounted to US$200bn (€148bn) in 2005.�
Source: http://www.plastemart.com/plasticnews_desc.asp?news_id=10733&P=P

Worldwidely holograms are used as by pharmaceutical companies as a security product for their brand protection. The Holospot is new weapon against counterfeiting. A� holospot security mark is a multilayer label with a small data field containing several safety features.� �
Holospot is a self-adhesive polymer label with an information field of only a few square millimetres. It is firmly attached to the product and contains various overt and covert security features inscribed into the data carrier with a high-resolution laser. It is a protected technolgoy suited for high-security counterfeit protection and effective product tracing.
Source: http://medienservice.land-der-ideen.de/en/ms,58,0,article-64734.html

Rasik Products Pvt Limited has� developed� a new products called Spangle pet film. According to the sources the product is very useful for� Textile Industries, and will provide a new� fashion trend.� �

Sources: http://www.rasikproduct.com/product1.htm
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Smart Holograms is exploiting a technology that uses chemically engineered holograms to detect the presence of specific human disease analytes. The holograms require little or no instrumentation and will change their color when in contact with the target indicator.� Their first product based on this technology is a novel glucose sensor for diabetes self-testing.
Source: http://www.holokits.com/holography_news.htm

Zebra Imaging has developed a new technology, that allows holograms, large and small to be viewed from any angle without distortion. The technology is tested by U.S. military to strategize during the� conflict in Iraq.
Source: http://www.zebraimaging.com/html/news.html

Facial surgery and forensic science are benefiting from a portable holography system called digital holography facial topometry that can capture the shape and texture of faces in an instant. The invention was� developed by a team of � scientists at the Center for Advanced European Studies and Research (Caesar) in Bonn, Germany.
In this technique, 3D models of the skin surface of patients are created by ultra-fast holography and automatic scan matching of synchronously recorded holograms.
Source: http://eproceedings.worldscinet.com/9789812702678/9789812702678_0007.html
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NTT Develops Stamp-Size 1GB Hologram Memory�
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT)� has developed a prototype of a new high-capacity memory storage device, designed with a multi-layered waveguide structure and based on thin-film holography.
The company has produced a 100-layer postage stamp-sized media prototype with a 1GB memory capacity constructed from plastic material, and a small prototype drive for reading data”
Source: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/16/1919223 - 123k
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