Tim Stevens

But really, I think the better solution is kind of coming down the road. We're just sort of starting to see that now, which is what's called an adaptive beam headlight or an active matrix headlight, which is kind of a much more advanced technology. It really gets rid of the old high beam, low beam paradigm. But that really could change things quite a bit.

But really, I think the better solution is kind of coming down the road. We're just sort of starting to see that now, which is what's called an adaptive beam headlight or an active matrix headlight, which is kind of a much more advanced technology. It really gets rid of the old high beam, low beam paradigm. But that really could change things quite a bit.

But really, I think the better solution is kind of coming down the road. We're just sort of starting to see that now, which is what's called an adaptive beam headlight or an active matrix headlight, which is kind of a much more advanced technology. It really gets rid of the old high beam, low beam paradigm. But that really could change things quite a bit.

Yeah, it's pretty exciting stuff. So basically, you know, since the dawn of cars pretty much, we've had a high beam and a low beam. When there's nobody else around, you flip on the high beams, it lights everything up, everything's great. And when you are maybe in town or there's a car ahead of you or oncoming, you flip down to the low beam, which lowers your headlights down.

Yeah, it's pretty exciting stuff. So basically, you know, since the dawn of cars pretty much, we've had a high beam and a low beam. When there's nobody else around, you flip on the high beams, it lights everything up, everything's great. And when you are maybe in town or there's a car ahead of you or oncoming, you flip down to the low beam, which lowers your headlights down.

Yeah, it's pretty exciting stuff. So basically, you know, since the dawn of cars pretty much, we've had a high beam and a low beam. When there's nobody else around, you flip on the high beams, it lights everything up, everything's great. And when you are maybe in town or there's a car ahead of you or oncoming, you flip down to the low beam, which lowers your headlights down.

Typically, that's from two sets of bulbs, two sets of reflectors, completely separate headlight system. And you're flipping from one to the other. When you switch to a more modern advanced or active matrix headlight system with an adaptive beam system, something like that, you're kind of getting rid of that differentiation. And now basically everything is on all the time.

Typically, that's from two sets of bulbs, two sets of reflectors, completely separate headlight system. And you're flipping from one to the other. When you switch to a more modern advanced or active matrix headlight system with an adaptive beam system, something like that, you're kind of getting rid of that differentiation. And now basically everything is on all the time.

Typically, that's from two sets of bulbs, two sets of reflectors, completely separate headlight system. And you're flipping from one to the other. When you switch to a more modern advanced or active matrix headlight system with an adaptive beam system, something like that, you're kind of getting rid of that differentiation. And now basically everything is on all the time.

You're shooting out a lot of light in a lot of different directions. But now the car is advanced enough to be able to identify oncoming traffic, pedestrians, cyclists. And it can basically individually dim individual portions of the headlights to block out those things that would be blind to other people.

You're shooting out a lot of light in a lot of different directions. But now the car is advanced enough to be able to identify oncoming traffic, pedestrians, cyclists. And it can basically individually dim individual portions of the headlights to block out those things that would be blind to other people.

You're shooting out a lot of light in a lot of different directions. But now the car is advanced enough to be able to identify oncoming traffic, pedestrians, cyclists. And it can basically individually dim individual portions of the headlights to block out those things that would be blind to other people.

So think of it like an advanced monitor on HDTV, that kind of thing where you have portions of the display that are bright white and portions that are black. It's the same basic idea. You've got a bunch of small LEDs and mirrors in your headlights now, which can block out individual portions of light. So you can have basically the high beams on all the time.

So think of it like an advanced monitor on HDTV, that kind of thing where you have portions of the display that are bright white and portions that are black. It's the same basic idea. You've got a bunch of small LEDs and mirrors in your headlights now, which can block out individual portions of light. So you can have basically the high beams on all the time.

So think of it like an advanced monitor on HDTV, that kind of thing where you have portions of the display that are bright white and portions that are black. It's the same basic idea. You've got a bunch of small LEDs and mirrors in your headlights now, which can block out individual portions of light. So you can have basically the high beams on all the time.

But if there's someone standing in front of you, that portion of the light will be turned off so they won't see anything. It's really remarkable technology. And as is the case with many cool things in cars, it's been available in Europe and in the rest of the world for quite a few years. It's only been made legal in the U.S. since 2022.

But if there's someone standing in front of you, that portion of the light will be turned off so they won't see anything. It's really remarkable technology. And as is the case with many cool things in cars, it's been available in Europe and in the rest of the world for quite a few years. It's only been made legal in the U.S. since 2022.

But if there's someone standing in front of you, that portion of the light will be turned off so they won't see anything. It's really remarkable technology. And as is the case with many cool things in cars, it's been available in Europe and in the rest of the world for quite a few years. It's only been made legal in the U.S. since 2022.

But because it takes a long time for auto manufacturers to bring new technology to market, it's still taking some time for them to be able to bring these new headlights to the American market. So that technology is really promising. That'll mean we can have really bright, really amazingly high-tech headlights, but theoretically without the glare.

But because it takes a long time for auto manufacturers to bring new technology to market, it's still taking some time for them to be able to bring these new headlights to the American market. So that technology is really promising. That'll mean we can have really bright, really amazingly high-tech headlights, but theoretically without the glare.