hologram

     

Holography (from the Greek, όλος-hòlòs whole γραφή-grafè writing, drawing) is the science of producing holograms. It is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that it appears as if the object is in the same position relative to the recording medium as it was when recorded. The image changes as the position and orientation of the viewing system changes in exactly the same way is if the object were still present. Holograms can also be made using other types of waves.

Trivia about hologram

  • Term for a 3D image you might see on your credit card
  • (Anderson Cooper reads the clue.) On election night 2008, I did my first ever interview with this type of 3D image; I was in Washington & will.i.am was beamed in from Chicago
  • Straight from the movies, it's the special type of image seen here
  • Lasers make possible this 3-dimensional representation of an object in light