From s.hogg@ic.ac.uk Fri Oct 17 06:31:13 1997 Received: from romeo.ic.ac.uk for s.hogg@ic.ac.uk by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/950822.1) id GAA27673; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 06:30:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from judy.ic.ac.uk [155.198.5.5] by romeo.ic.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0xM9fX-0007eB-00; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:30:11 +0100 Received: from mtcmsa.mt.ic.ac.uk (root@mtcmsag1.mt.ic.ac.uk [155.198.96.22]) by judy.ic.ac.uk (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id LAA11102 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:29:53 +0100 (BST) Received: from mtcse.mt.ic.ac.uk by mtcmsa.mt.ic.ac.uk (5.x/4.1) id AA14264; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:29:51 +0100 X-Received: from dialup-1-13.net.ic.ac.uk by mtcse.mt.ic.ac.uk; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:29:49 +0100 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971017043951.006ece48@155.198.100.1> X-Sender: seth@155.198.100.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 04:39:51 +0100 To: chemistry@www.ccl.net From: Simon Hogg Subject: Holographic Representation of Molecules - summary Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Well, thanks to those who replied, but I'm afraid the news isn't that good; Yes, holograms can be produced from 3-d file formats (pdb, xyz, povray scenes) but the mastering is expensive. One commercial service I contacted wanted 1000 USD for a master (10x20 cm) but after that it was about 20 cents per produced image. It will probably be cheaper if there is someone in your college who makes holograms (perhaps for medical imaging) Another option suggested was to use autostereograms (the 'dot' pictures) but guess that doesn't work for everybody - although it's more or less free. -- Simon Hogg, Imperial College, London, UK Tel. +44 171 589 5111 ext. 56721 Fax. +44 171 584 3194 Email: s.hogg@ic.ac.uk Glass-List: glass-list@ic.ac.uk