The crime of counterfeiting is probably as old as money itself, and kings have often dealt very harshly with its perpetrators The counterfeiting of coins or ‘coining’ used to be dealt with as a form of treason

As the editor of Holography News, it’s always fascinating to see the latest trends in holography streets behind the fantastical science fiction world’s vision of what the technology should achieve The interesting thing is that holographic images in films have changed from simple visions in cinema’s earlier days to being clones of humanity in more recent productions, while in real life the humble hologram is, for the moment, still used for security and authentication