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Holography Pioneer Passes Away

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the obi-wan-you're-our-only-hope dept.

Hal-9001 writes "The New York Times has an article on Emmett Leith, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and inventor of three-dimensional holography, who passed away on Dec. 23, 2005. Professor Leith and his coworker Juris Upatnieks displayed the world's first three-dimensional hologram at a conference of the Optical Society of America in 1964."

4 of 54 comments (clear)

  1. He didn't pass away by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's no longer creating an interference pattern with the living.

  2. holomed unit activated by User+956 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please state the nature of the medical emergency.

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  3. In other news by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 3, Funny

    A man with a letter "H" on his forehead was seen walking away.

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  4. Conventional wisdom says by icepick72 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Holigraphists don't die, they just gradually fade away.