Akonia Holographics, a startup in Longmont, Colorado, spent years trying to make holographic data storage work. It didn’t succeed, but now it found a new use for the same technology. The company now ...

Most people own at least one hologram, probably without knowing it’s a hologram. Those with relatively little optical background, most of the general public, are most likely to encounter real ...

Creating three-dimensional shapes from basic elements or even cells is an important research topic, with potentially many applications in the fields of medicine and general research. Although physical ...

It may sound like the outlandish plot of a poorly conceived science-fiction flick. But some scientists now claim that humanity, the Earth, and everything else in the universe are really part of a ...

We all want Star Trek’s holodeck. And we’re all going to keep waiting for that, because frankly, most of what makes the Star Trek holodeck awesome is probably impossible. Or, at least at our current ...