Plasma lamp

The Plasma lamp was a lighting appliance devised and marketed by Marltax & Krikk Innovations.

History
Marltax & Krikk Innovations were in need of a financial upheaval, and they began looking for solutions to their problem. In 32 BKT, they board of directors at M & K Innovations decided to tackle one of Primordius Magna's biggest household issues: Lighting. Magnon, one of the chief inventors in all of M & K Innovations had been working with his clients on developing a system of lighting he referred to as the Plasma lamp. After toying around with several isotope variants, Magnon and his team finally settled on a radioactive filament. The first successful test was in 30 BKT; it lasted 187 hours. Magnon and his team continued to improve and expound off of the plasma light, and by 29 BKT, they discovered, through tests conducted under Magnon's instructions, that a slightly less radioactive isotope filament could last up to 172 years.

The release of the Plasma lamp marked a turning point for Marltax and Krikk Innovations. Business sky rocketed and by 27 BKT, Marltax & Krikk's profit was estimated to be about 6.5 Million credits a year. With the demands for production growing ever higher, the Board of Directors decided to hire more workers. In the year 28 BKT Shanohn, a practiced smelter whom had been hired in 32 BKT by Magnon to assist in the development of the Plasma Lamp, was appointed chief consultant engineer.

How it Works
The Plasma lamp's power came from a core that consisted of a radioactive isotope. From there, the radioactive detritus entered a tube in which they were hit with protons. These now ionized detritus now entered a filament in which it hit gas, illuminating it, and thus, producing a bright, and long lasting light.

Trivia

 * The idea for the Plasma lamp, and the background of its invention came from the invention of the Incandescent lamp.