Tag Archives: Discovery Channel

On October 18th, those of us in the 3D Holographic Display lab  at the University of Arizona were treated to a visit from the Discovery Channel! The Canadian component of the Discovery Channel has a show called the Daily Planet, which features, among other things, interesting science  from around the world. They thought our work in re-writable holographic displays was very interesting so they came out to film it for their show.

In the summer of 2012, I was one of the participants in the Integrated Optics for Undergraduates REU within CIAN. My project for the summer was using a free program, 123D Catch, to make 3D models of real objects in order for them to be written as holograms. Because the lab has this ability as a result of my work, the Discovery Channel folks brought bobbleheads of the show hosts Continue reading →