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OULU, Finland, Aug. 24, 2010 – Intel Corporation, Nokia and the University of Oulu officially opened the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center today. It will employ about two dozen R&D professionals and become the latest member of Intel’s European Research Network, Intel Labs Europe.

Initially the lab will conduct research for new and compelling mobile user experiences that could leverage the rapidly increasing capabilities of mobile devices. Creating interfaces that are more similar to interactions in the real world can enable experiences that are more natural and intuitive, in the same way that modern games and movies are more immersive through the use of realistic 3-D graphics.

The new lab is well aligned with the MeeGo open source platform recently launched by Intel and Nokia. MeeGo provides the greatest flexibility for developing new 3-D experiences on mobile devices as much of the lab’s research activity will also be open source.

“The University of Oulu’s focus on future telecommunications solutions as well as electronics and photonics made it the perfect location for the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center,” says Justin Rattner, Intel chief technology officer and director of Intel Labs.

Another potential area of research could look into technologies that allow displaying a 3-D hologram of the person you are talking to on the phone, a capability only found in science fiction movies today. Consumers will feel more involved and engaged with their mobile experience than with current methods.
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Hologram. Industries has continued its European expansion with growth of 18% in the first nine months of 2009 that included gains of 39% in Western Europe.
2009 2008
nine months nine months
€ millions % € millions %
Western Europe 7.5 36% 5.4 28%
Eastern Europe 5.6 27% 5.7 29%
Rest of the world 7.8 37% 8.2 43%
Of which - Asia Pacific 4.2 20% 5.1 27%
Of which - The Americas 2.0 10% 2.0 10%
Of which - Africa & Middle East 1.6 7% 1.1 6%

After restating for products invoiced in Europe whose final destination is Asia, the latter region would account for 25% of total revenue.

* 2009 outlook
Visibility for sales remains good with a high rate of repeat business and a satisfactory performance for new business acquisition. On this basis, the Group confirms its targets for profitable growth.

In light of the level of sales at September 30, 2009, the current order book and projects in the process of finalization, Hologram. Industries expects to achieve full-year sales of approximately €29 million for the full year, with the target for the current operating margin maintained at 20%.
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HoloSecure Card, a highly durable and new generation ID device, developed by Light Logics, a Technopark, Trivandrum based firm, received much attention in the 16th Asian Professional International Security Conference held on September 30, 2009 at Singapore Suntec International Convention Centre. Special Theme of this premier international event with great contemporary importance to the region is Regional Cooperation in Combating Crime and Terrorism. One of the two keynote addresses of the event was on the HoloDecure ID device developed by the Light Logics.

In his speech Dr. Ajith Kumar, President and Leading Specialist of Light Logics Holography and Optics and Light Logics International, UAE, presented a technological exposition of this new generation ID card that has much relevance as a highly durable ID device that can be effectively used as digital passport, a citizen ID or in the global fight against terrorism and fraudulence. The card has all the features of the trendy smart card and at the same time holds a holographic chip with high density optical information content. But, in sharp deviation from conventional plastic ID cards with embossed security holograms, the HoloSecure card itself is a hologram with metallic structure and has multilevel security features.

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23 September 2009: TSSI has acquired a portfolio of patents for specialist volume and true colour holograms including Biometrigram and HD-3D hologram patents from authentication security technology and consultancy firm Ver-tec.
The move follows the recent launch of TSSI’s Magnetics Solutions Division, which aims to drive growth across TSSI’s document security and brand protection products.
According to TSSI, counterfeiters are becoming increasingly sophisticated, producing highly realistic ID documents. Additional security measures are therefore required to provide the highest level of protection possible and ensure that ID documents such as passports, ID cards and access cards cannot be replicated. Hologram technology provides an effective security solution for all identity documents as each hologram is unique making it impossible to imitate.
HD-3D is a true colour hologram, meaning the images always maintain their original colours from any viewing angle, unlike embossed holograms which exhibit a rainbow effect. Each hologram is unique with different serial numbers and/or bar codes, which can also be encrypted for added security.
The Biometrigram, a volume hologram, can store multiple biometrics as well as analogue images and encrypted digital information. TSSI says these have a higher information density than electronic chips so are ideal for use on ID cards. Each hologram is unique so ensures the correct identity of the document holder and provides an effective security measure in the fight against identity fraud.
“The acquisition of HD-3D and Biometrigram follows the recent launch of our new Magnetics Solutions Division,” says Danny Chapchal, executive chairman, TSSI Systems. “Both of these products are a welcome addition to our portfolio of identity and document security offerings. Our customers want top quality security solutions and these new patents will meet this increased demand for fraud proof identity documents.”
“The creation of the Magnetics Solutions Division and the acquisition of Ver-tec patents along with our back to basics approach regarding contract coating sees us turning a corner,” says Ian Elver, Business Development director, TSSI. “It positions us as a serious contender in the supply of products to help fight counterfeiting and fraud.”
Source: www.securitydocumentworld.com

France, Paris, March 16, 2009: Hologram. Industries announced the purchase of 100% of the company ADVESTIGO, a French producer of software specialized in the fight against counterfeiting and the exchange of illicit content. Financing for this acquisition in the amount of €4.5 million will be based fully on cash available at Hologram. Industries which amounted to €10.0 million as of December 31, 2008.

Hologram. Industries designs, manufactures and sells high security optical solutions worldwide within three major markets:
- The authentication of identity documents;
- Vehicle identification;
- The protection of brand-name products.

For Hologram. Industries, this acquisition is part of a horizontal diversification strategy and, besides providing a presence in the high growth market for the fight against numeric counterfeiting, thus provides it:

* Access to a new innovative technology which, in particular, will permit it to widen its offer to authentication solutions and traceability over the internet, aimed at brand-name protection and identity documents.
* A new team of 14 persons of which 9 persons are dedicated to research and development.

Advestigo and Hologram. Industries have previously worked together successfully as partners in the development of the Global Checker product, an innovative solution for on-line verification of the authenticity of identity documents.

The combination of these two entities makes the fruitful collaboration of a promising future core business concrete. Thanks to the strengthened collaboration between experts with different scientific horizons aimed at the same objectives of fighting fraud, this will permit the creation of increasingly innovative products which are well adapted to the market. From a sales and marketing perspective, it will permit Hologram. Industries to carry the Advestigo product offering internationally, thanks to the Group`s know-how and international network.

A French producer of software conceived in order to:
* detect, measure and battle numeric counterfeiting over the internet;
* strengthen the fight against the physical counterfeiting of goods through the
operation of adapted internet based surveillance.

In particular, Advestigo capitalizes on a portfolio of patented technologies for content recognition (text, sound, image or video) based on numeric prints, and integrated software solutions which can respond to its customers` needs.

Its cutting edge solutions AdvestiSEARCH and AdvestiGATE are currently targeted towards the markets for numeric media (on-line music, TV, cinema, games and software….) and for national security (public sector and security services). The
AdvestiSEARCH solution which is used industrially by the main copyright holders in France most notably won the Grand Prize for the “Information Society Technology” under the auspices of the European Commission.

Advestigo, which is based in Saint Cloud, France, is a member of the Microsoft IDEES program, of IBM PartnerWorld and the Cap Digital competitive pole. It`s supported by OSEO Innovation, the SGDN and the DGA, the National Agency for Research and the Ile-de-France Region through the PM`UP program. The SACEM, the SCPP, the National Police Force, the ALPA, the SPPF, Canal+, SonyBMG, Merlin, M6 and France Télévision are among its main customers.

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Description Amarillo College received a College Cost and Reduction Act grant Oct. 1. For the next two years, AC will receive 50.2 percent of $1.6 million a year as the fiscal agent for New Mexico Tech. The grant was created and proposed to the Department of Education to help fund faculty development initiatives for physics, aerospace engineering and non-destructive testing and evaluations.

NMT, a consistently nationally acknowledged four-year science, technology, engineering and medical school in Socorro, N.M., pursued a cooperative arrangement with AC to work together to create the CCRA grant.

Negotiations between the Department of Education and representatives of NMT and AC finally led to the approved grant. “The money will allow us to do some cutting-edge things such as using Teleportec Hologram (3-D) video conferencing,” said Danita McAnally, dean of assessment and development.

Professionals from NMT and AC will train together and team-teach classes from a distance using the technology bought with the CCRA grant money.

According to Corbin Ball Associates’ informational Web site about the “Next Generation of Video Conferencing,” students would be able to see a simulated, full-size, three-dimensional, color, beating heart and use virtual scalpels to perform heart surgery with the look and the tactile feel as if he or she actually were performing the operation.

Similarly, STEM students at NMT will be able to visualize the three-dimensional materials that AC faculty work with.”We designed this grant to directly affect STEM students, and now the use of this futuristic new technology will aid in the comprehension of the students in those fields,” McAnally said.

“Not only will the content of the education be available for more students at a lower cost, but equipment to aid in the education will be bought and available to those students.”

Because of the region’s growing industry for STEM graduates, both NMT and AC see the need to create opportunities and “use the available technology to get back to learning and serving the needs of our students,” McAnally said.

“AC is receiving almost $1 million for equipment for non-destructive testing and evaluations alone,” she said.A desired effect of the cooperative CCRA arrangement is to improve the existing relationships between science and engineering faculty members at both NMT and AC and to “increase cost-effectiveness through resource sharing and collaboration,” according to the grant’s abstract budget created by the Department of Education. With the improved relationship, students will have an easier attainable opportunity to earn a two-year degree at AC, transfer and graduate with another degree from NMT.

Dangerous FakesHow counterfeit, defective computer components from China are getting into U.S. warplanes and ships

The American military faces a growing threat of potentially fatal equipment failure—and even foreign espionage—because of counterfeit computer components used in warplanes, ships, and communication networks. Fake microchips flow from unruly bazaars in rural China to dubious kitchen-table brokers in the U.S. and into complex weapons. Senior Pentagon officials publicly play down the danger, but government documents, as well as interviews with insiders, suggest possible connections between phony parts and breakdowns.
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CHATSWORTH, CA–( September 30, 2008) - Provision Interactive Technologies (“Provision”), a subsidiary of Provision Holding, Inc. (OTCBB: PVHO), today announced that its new 3D Holographic display, The HL40 Classic Studio (HL40CS) debuts this week in the first MyStudio recording studio at the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, Arizona. The new HL40 Classic Studio is the first of as many as 1,000 units which will roll out in MyStudio recording studios around the country. The MyStudio contract will generate up to $7 million in revenue from hardware sales for Provision during the next 18 months.

Provision’s HL40CS units utilize Provision’s patented Holo™ 3D technology which projects full-color, high-resolution videos into space detached from the screen. The versatile nature of the streaming videos allow for endless advertising possibilities for a variety of industries.

“We’re excited about the launch of MyStudio, with our Provision HL40CS inside, as it represents the beginning of a great product rollout across the country,” said Curt Thornton, CEO Provision Interactive. “We’re also excited because our partnership with MyStudio represented a challenge to make a unit that is as compact as possible. We delivered a high-quality product in a tight package for MyStudio. As a result, we’ve named it the HL40 CS.”

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FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida, June 23 ,2008 - InkSure Technologies Inc.a leading provider of covert machine-readable security solutions for the prevention of counterfeiting, fraud and diversion, and an important developer of RFID solutions, announced the appointment of Philip M. Getter as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Yaron Meerfeld as acting Chief Executive Officer. These management changes are designed to better align InkSure’s future growth in these rapidly expanding areas.

InkSure also announced that on June 16, 2008 Mr. Elie Housman resigned as CEO and Chairman of the Board but will continue as a Director. Mr. Housman contributed years of dedicated and inspired leadership to the Company through its early stages of technological and product development.

About InkSure Technologies Inc.
InkSure Technologies Inc., with its corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and its research and development center in Science Park, Rehovot, Israel, specializes in comprehensive, covert security solutions designed to protect high profile brands and documents of value from counterfeiting, fraud and diversion. The Company’s sales and marketing activities target a number of market opportunities, including financial, pharmaceutical, branded products, transportation, and government/institutional, on a global scale.
Additional information on the Company is available on its website at http://www.inksure.com.

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.
Hologram pack

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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