Volcanoes are amazing: explosions, rocks flying up high, lava rivers flowing down the slopes, clouds of ash filling the air. There're about 1,500 potentially active volcanoes on Earth and we're already watching 19 of them closely. They might explode awake any minute... Like the volcano in Iceland that suddenly woke up after 800 years!

Back in the day, the ancient Egyptians had dreams of soaring like majestic birds, and they put their imaginations to the test with the Saqqara Glider. It's like they built a wooden wonder, a model airplane, before airplanes even existed. This glider had wings like a bird and the curiosity of an inventor – it's like a time-traveling experiment! Whether it was a prototype for future air travel or just an ancient game of aviation dreams, the Saqqara Glider is like a whisper from the past that's caught our modern imagination. Credits Credit: CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5: By Marsyas: Antikythera mechanism: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=469865 Antikythera mechanism 4: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=469871 Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

Wireless electricity isn’t just a sci-fi dream anymore — it’s actually happening! Scientists around the world are building systems that can send energy through the air, and it’s already being used to power things like smart locks, sensors, and even electric toothbrushes. In the U.S. and Japan, researchers are testing ways to wirelessly charge drones, satellites, and even entire city grids. One of the coolest ideas is using an infrared beam, kind of like Wi-Fi, but for charging your stuff. Japan’s space agency, JAXA, is even planning to launch a solar power station into orbit by 2030 that could beam energy straight down to Earth. If it all works out, wireless power could make chargers and batteries a thing of the past — and seriously help the planet too! Credit: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 / Columbia Pictures The Wireless Power Company | Wi-Charge Tesla / Film Come True Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Wi-Charge / YouTube Beamed Power Technology: By NASA, https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/1... tony_912 / Reddit EMROD / YouTube EMROD / YouTube Space Station Live: By NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/video-detail/spa..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... SSP04: By x1r8, https://flic.kr/p/gpMuB7 Fatisalo / Reddit Assembly: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) / YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Small Tesla coil: By Alejandro Garcia / YouTube, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Slayer exciter oscillator: By DrAntonioCarlosMdeQueiroz, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Maxell Qi wireless charger: By Peter Burka, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://flic.kr/p/mednnn Nikola Tesla: By Wellcome Collection - https://wellcomecollection.org/works/..., CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: / brightplanet Instagram: / brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.