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This first-of-its-kind interactive augmented reality experience features 11 leading cultural educators and scientific experts. The “living portraits” on the plaques consist of portrait images that “come to life” by employing augmented reality (AR) technology. By using the AR viewer on a smartphone and pointing the camera towards the portrait, it creates a lifelike experience for the guest as the image begins to move and speak when viewed on the phone’s screen.

The Hawaiian rights group, Kākoʻo Haleakalā, is calling for the removal of “all telescopes” from both Haleakalā on Maui and Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island. This comes following recent reports of a 700 gallon diesel fuel spill at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex near the summit of Haleakalā.

The publication marks a new milestone in the telescope’s first year of its Operations Commissioning Phase, providing direct access to the scientific community of data from the world’s most powerful solar telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui.

The new images contain the highest resolution imagery ever taken of the Sun’s chromosphere, with the world’s most powerful solar telescope.

Never-before-seen images of the Sun were released today, revealing cell-like structures the size of Texas roiling on its surface. These are the very first images observed by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) atop Haleakalā on Maui.

The appeals court vacated Honokōhau taro farmer Keith Kauhane’s conviction and had the case remanded for a new trial.  

A TMT Board deferred a decision on whether to continue building the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaiʻi, or to consider the alternative in the Canary Islands.

Rock musician Sting joins the National Science Foundation in donating portable telescopes to Maui schools participating in this week’s Solar Physics Workshop

A Maui man who asserted his right to speak Hawaiian in court instead of English, has been granted a Hawaiian language interpreter.

A demonstration was held in front of the Old Wailuku Courthouse in support of a Native Hawaiian educator who refused to speak English in a Maui courtroom.

Police force has been questioned following an injury reported during an arrest of one of the demonstrators during the Kāko’o Haleakalā protest on Maui Wednesday

Six people were arrested during a Kāko’o Haleakalā demonstration in which protesters formed lines, bound together at the hands and lay on the ground as police..

The state DLNR today announced it will implement a temporary closure of unencumbered lands on Haleakalā during a convoy that starts today to the DKIST.

The group Kākoʻo Haleakalā is protesting ongoing construction atop the mountain, which they consider sacred.

Maui Now received reports that the wait times for entrance during these periods have increased, & some reported being unprepared for the credit card only system

The controversial Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea should be granted a permit to proceed with construction under a recommendation handed down yesterday.

Similar convoys were met with protests in 2015 due to issues surrounding development atop the summit areas of some of Hawaiʻi’s highest mountains.

The first opinion unanimously agreed that the management plan for the Haleakalā summit provided a sufficient assessment of potential environmental impacts from the Telescope.

The Akamai Workforce Initiative is designed to build tomorrow’s high-tech workforce by providing support to local college students in STEM fields.

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order that effectively halts construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea while the court’s final decision on an appeal is under review.