Considering his final frontier, 90-year-old Star Trek star William Shatner recently decided to boldly go into an Los Angeles studio and turn himself into a ghost. Shatner spent five days recording a ...

Can’t go see your favorite artist live? Have them come to you. Beaming a rock star into your living room might sound like something out of “Star Trek” but, thanks to a cutting-edge new service, ...

Museums have always been rich in stories. What has changed is how visitors encounter them. Today’s audiences arrive with limited time, high expectations, and constant exposure to responsive, ...

The Bank of Japan's three new banknotes feature three new faces as well as unprecedented currency technology to prevent counterfeiting. The new 10,000-yen, 5,000-yen and 1,000-yen bills will be issued ...

Holograms look like science fiction, but they’re very real. Using light, interference, and lasers, scientists can create 3D images that float in space before your eyes.

Newly-developed acoustic technologies used to move particles and create haptic feedback in mid-air have stirred the imagination of many researchers. Unfortunately, the complexity of the equipment ...

This March, the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking gave his first talk to a Hong Kong audience in over a decade, discussing the human mind, societal trends and education. But rather than having to ...

We’ve seen holograms of human organs, circus elephants, and even long-dead musicians. But now, researchers from the University of Sussex have found a way to create cutting-edge holograms that you can ...

Remember back in the mid-80s, when mass-produced holograms were such a big deal? Since then, they've become common on credit cards, currency and other items. Now, thanks to new research, you can ...

THE BUSINESS: The potentially lucrative new revenue stream portends rights battles of epic proportions. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large But in the weeks since that headline-grabbing stunt ...

Holograms are cool. But holograms you can actually touch? A team of researchers from The University of Tokyo has created just such a technology. The tactile hologram, which is being shown-off this ...