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Which fizzling technology may have a future in hologram form?

Answer: QR codes

Cnet called QR codes one of the most ignored bits of technology in modern times, but researchers from the University of Connecticut are developing new technology to revive them.

"We have developed a method of using QR codes along with off-the-shelf mobile device technology such as smartphones to enable encrypted 3-D information to be securely displayed on mobile devices," team leader Bahram Javidi said. "The QR codes we developed store compressed and encrypted images, which can be easily scanned, decrypted and decompressed by commercial smartphones for secure 3-D visual communication.”