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25 big ideas for 2012: 3D surfaces (Holographic maps)

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Founded in 1996 by graduates of the MIT Media Lab, where they studied under founder Nicholas Negroponte, Zebra Imaging is making waves in laser-printing. Fuelled by contracts from the US Army and by research funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), Zebra has been quietly changing the world of printable holographs from its headquarters in Austin, Texas. The company’s chief technology officer Michael Klug describes Zebra’s images as “geospatial prints” that “reproduce light-fields in space”. All you need is a high-speed holographic printer and 3D data sets manipulated by ZScape software, which the company gives away for free.

For now, Zebra’s machines cost around £650,000, and a 60cm by 91cm print, the firm’s largest option, will cost you £3,000. But Klug expects these prices to fall dramatically, …

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25 big ideas for 2012: 3D surfaces (Holographic maps)

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