Technically, this simple DIY project doesn’t produce a hologram, but the results look very similar. The idea is to create a pyramid of transparent, reflective material with the point facing down onto ...

Nic Lawrence, Edward Buckley, Adrian Cable and Peter Mash, researchers within the Photonics and Sensors Group at the University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering are developing ground-breaking ...

Ever since we first watched Star Wars, and saw the scene in which R2-D2 beams a hologram of Princess Leia into thin air, we’ve dreamed of having our own 3D-holographic projector. Thanks to scientists ...

A YouTube channel that dishes out technology advice “Mrwhosetheboss” appears to have a strategy for turning smartphones into 3D hologram projectors that involves a plastic CD cover, a glass cutter, a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It's really simple to build a projector for your smartphone to be able to project the same types of holograms seen in Star Wars and other movies. Here's how! The ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It's really simple to build a projector for your smartphone to be able to project the same types of holograms seen in Star Wars and other movies. Here's how! The ...

File this one under smartphone hacks that are definitely unnecessary but insanely fun. When simple science meets smartphones, the result is a nifty little "hack" that can be performed in just a few ...

Not, as we’d first thought (hoped), the kind of 3D holographic projector that R2D2 uses but impressive nonetheless. Developed by Light Blue Optics (a company "grown from the Department of engineering ...

If you keep hold of the phone you already own until late 2015, you may have the chance to buy a new model with a holographic projector inside. That’s the vision of California-based startup Ostendo ...