Xenon Today
Today’s technology uses xenon gas quite frequently, and in various fields of science. Xenon gas was initially considered a futuristic concept, and hence it appeared as a symbol of the future, representing the image of humankind in the process of enlarging the idea of high-tech science in general. For instance, let’s take as an example all those fabulous futuristic cars that James Bond keeps driving and crashing into pieces in each and every James Bond movie. There’s hardly anyone who wasn’t impressed by those cars appearing in the James Bond movies. Apart from being “futuristic” in terms of the design, there was something else that made those cars from the more recent Bond films look staggering and extravagant. Wonder what it was? Well, it was the car headlight bulbs, a.k.a. Xenon Bulbs.
Yes, Xenon Bulbs. You already know the usual tradition: every mind-boggling piece of technology has to appear in a James Bond movie before becoming accessible to the rest of us. Even the Sony Ericsson K800i, whose digital camera has a xenon flash as well, first appeared in a James Bond movie, and was then made available on the market. Xenon gas is being so extensively used in today’s technology, and we all have James Bond to thank for presenting and introducing it to us in the first place.
Xenon gas is also used in today’s car bulbs, and these car bulbs are called Xenon Bulbs. Therefore, forget about halogen bulbs, and forget about using standard halogen bulbs as your standard car bulbs. After all, would James Bond use halogen car bulbs? Honestly, if he did use them, he wouldn’t be THE James Bond we know.
