A unique form of lighting I've been considering is using free electron xray lasers to strike artificially-grown scintillating crystals, causing them to glow. These free electron xray lasers dont need to be close to the scintillating crystals, which makes their glowing more mysterious.
Uranium-containing crystals could also be used to glow and provide lighting. Similarly to the crystals, one could use beautifully-sculpted glass to glow and gleam with no obvious source of light. Careful design to avoid exposing the xray beams to human bodies can make them surprisingly safe. As an additional safety measure would be to use lots of leaded glass, since lead is cheap and decent at blocking radiation.
Suffice to say, the only practical way to power all this is with nuclear power.
Uranium-containing crystals could also be used to glow and provide lighting. Similarly to the crystals, one could use beautifully-sculpted glass to glow and gleam with no obvious source of light. Careful design to avoid exposing the xray beams to human bodies can make them surprisingly safe. As an additional safety measure would be to use lots of leaded glass, since lead is cheap and decent at blocking radiation.
Suffice to say, the only practical way to power all this is with nuclear power.
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