David Lancaster
Started my innovation career working for Ultra Art Studios in Balmain, Sydney, Australia in 1984. UA was a truly unique organization that started from a public art exhibition, throwing lasers on to the Sydney Opera House and exhibiting an extraordinary collection of the works of the world's top holographic artists and scientists. From this base UA grew into film / video production facilities, mainly for music video, a cooperative for young digital tech companies, a model making and special effects operation and in the last bay of the facilities UA established Australias first private Holography research and development company.,Led by one of the worlds leading optical physicist Lloyd Cross who invented moving holography. projects ranged from the development of portable holographic cameras, medical research, aerospace solutions. optical computing, optical storage , non destructive testing rigs, Stereolithography and measuring systems. I became Managing Director of Ultra Art and a spin off Holographic Technologies Ltd. part of my job was finding investors for projects, dealing with Government, selling research projects to the US aerospace and entertainment industries and getting the company to a public listing, Since then I've worked in my own consultancy and offer Business Analysis services and custom software application development. I believe that optical tech. holography, laser tech will supersede digital tech once its incredible scope is recognized. Humans ability to measure is foundational in the development of new technologies. In 1987 Dr Hari Haran, chief optical physicist at the CSIRO made a measurement of 1000th of an angstrom using holographic interference patterns. I believe it's still yet to be beaten. In 1987 I witnessed a race between a $25m Creay XMP super computer and a $200 holography setup to first finish a 3D render of a complex pyramid design. The Creay took 12 hrs , the holo setup 12 secs.