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The future of aviation is full of exciting and innovative possibilities. Imagine planes that can fly vertically, take off and land anywhere, and use artificial intelligence instead of human pilots. In this video, we will show you some of the most amazing concepts and designs for the planes of the future. #brightside #brightsideglobal TIMESTAMPS: 0:01 Planes of the future 09:01 Ancient Egyptian monoplane 18:05 Limo made of an airplane 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.
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00:00Want to catch a glimpse of what flying might look like in the future?
00:03Then you're in the right place!
00:05Economy Class Lie Flat Bunk Beds
00:08Vertical Flying Vehicles
00:10AI-Powered In-Flight Meal Service
00:12Buckle up and let's start our flight!
00:17But first, I need to ask you
00:19Have you ever heard of the Crystal Cabin Awards?
00:22Oh, those are like the Oscars of Aviation Interior Design
00:26And here are some of the most recent winners
00:29Meet Sky Nest
00:31A lie-flat bed for people traveling in Economy Class
00:34These nests are supposed to be used on long-haul flights
00:39The design is based on a sleep pod island
00:42Located in the middle of the plane
00:44And you can book a 4-hour time slot
00:46If you want to take a real nap during your flight
00:49The best news is that this design is likely to be introduced next year
00:57While traveling in Premium Economy on long routes
01:00You'll be able to use smarter seating design
01:03It includes wider seats and twin armrests
01:07Which means no more fighting for space with your neighbors
01:10Plus, there will be fully flexible rows with cushions that can be elevated
01:15Creating lie-flat beds
01:17As you see, these days, airline companies are working hard on new designs of aircraft cabins
01:36And it might impact the entire future of air travel
01:39At the moment, they focus on travelers' experience within the walls of the plane
01:44As a result, we have some mind-boggling products
01:48Check out Singapore Airlines' first-class suites
01:51Or Air France's La Première Cabin
01:54Which is believed to become one of the best first-class cabins in the skies
01:58It's going to feature suites equipped with separate sofas and chairs
02:02And each suite will have five windows along the cabin wall
02:06This will make it the longest first-class suite in the world
02:11But then, Airbus went and patented the idea of a more interactive flight experience
02:17Especially for those lucky passengers occupying window seats
02:21With the help of special eye-tracking equipment
02:24The aircraft might be able to highlight significant objects you're looking at
02:28And provide you with detailed information
02:31Appearing on a semi-transparent display on the window
02:34The patent also claims that you could send data to devices connected by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi
02:40This way, take-offs and landings would get much more exciting
02:45And you'd be able to get information about a new country or city
02:51Qatar Airlines, in turn, came up with the idea of Q-suites
02:55It looks like this
02:56On the sides, you have individual suites
02:59While the middle part can be transformed
03:02You can choose to have a double suite to travel together with your partner
03:06Or you can have some private space
03:08Or even move the walls and turn the place into a quad suite
03:12That you can use for a meeting
03:15There might also be some improvements in economy class
03:18They're bound to bring more comfort
03:20Especially on a long-haul flight
03:22A company called Zodiac Seats
03:25Filed a patent based on a zig-zag configuration of seats
03:29Look at this aisle
03:30Which contains three and four seats
03:32With each of them facing in the opposite direction
03:35This allows for way more shoulder space than regular seating
03:39Plus, passengers have a lot of leg space
03:42Yes, some people might feel a bit uncomfortable
03:45Having to face their neighbor for more than eight hours straight
03:48But aren't these space improvements worth it?
03:52Now, you might know that moving around the cabin
03:55While flight attendants are serving meals and beverages
03:57Is kind of tricky
03:59Plus, you have to eat at a specific time with everyone else
04:02Or if you're not feeling hungry
04:05Forgo the meal altogether
04:06Well, robots might be the solution
04:12One company has suggested using perfectly sized pods
04:15That could slide along the rail in the middle of the aisle
04:19Delivering drinks and food ordered by passengers
04:22This way, you could get your meal at the most suitable time for you
04:26Without leaving your seat
04:27This solution is likely to solve the problems with meal service
04:31Even better, it might allow for fewer galleys and large planes
04:36Unfortunately, this idea was filed 60 years ago
04:40And hasn't been implemented yet
04:42So maybe it's not as great as it sounds
04:47Another idea connected with in-flight meal service includes using AI
04:51According to its creators
04:53The technology will record what passengers leave on their trays
04:57And later use this data to suggest various catering plans on subsequent flights
05:04Now, even though these innovations sound like they're going to make traveling way more comfortable
05:09They're not exactly revolutionary
05:11But look at these innovations
05:13Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
05:16Hyundai Transys' air taxi cabin concept optimizes space
05:21And prioritizes your privacy in a shared cabin
05:26If we talk about short flights
05:28There's Citi Airbus Next Gen
05:31That's an all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing vehicle
05:34With four seats based on the lift and cruise concept
05:38It can operate within the range of 50 miles
05:41And has a cruise speed of 74 miles per hour
05:46Another amazing prospect is passenger aircraft with AI co-pilots
05:52Or even pilots
05:53Some experts claim that planes could potentially be flown on a fully automated basis
05:58Not everyone agrees with this idea, though
06:01A skilled pilot is part of a complicated safety system
06:04That reduces risks and keeps passengers safe
06:07Pilots have to be navigators, technicians, engineers, and weather experts
06:12On a regular working day, a pilot needs to deal with ground crew
06:17Other air crew, cabin crew, air traffic control, and passengers
06:21That's a lot
06:22And don't forget that they need to communicate well
06:25Not only in aviation terms, but also on an interpersonal level
06:29Will AI be able to do the same?
06:32Time will tell
06:35But let's get back to the boldest ideas about the future of air travel
06:39Some experts think that sometime around 2040
06:42You'll be able to catch a hypersonic plane ride
06:46Lots of people believe that the era of supersonic planes finished in 2003
06:51When the Concorde commercial airplane was decommissioned
06:54After decades of being unprofitable
06:56But it seems the situation might change soon
06:59New supersonic aircraft will fly at incredible heights
07:03And their speed is likely to be at least six times the speed of any other passenger plane
07:11Traveling from New York to London, in this case, will take less than two hours
07:16By comparison, these days it takes a conventional airplane eight hours to fly from one of these cities to the
07:22other
07:23There is one problem though
07:25The supersonic plane tickets will cost a lot
07:28And statistically, people tend to prioritize price over speed
07:32So experts don't think that a lot of people will be eager to pay a few thousand dollars
07:38To get from London to Sydney in four hours
07:40Plus, such planes will need a lot of liquid hydrogen fuel
07:44And at the moment, it's not cheap
07:49By the way, you might not recognize a plane from 2050
07:53These flying machines will keep changing for the next several decades
07:57And the chances are high that, at some moment, windows will start to disappear from airplanes altogether
08:03This way, aircraft will become stronger and better suited for high speeds
08:08Windows make planes heavier, which results in larger fuel consumption
08:13No wonder cargo planes don't have windows
08:16Planes will also become sleeker
08:18And will likely be covered with solar panels
08:21There's also a concept of a plane with its cabin made out of transparent polymers
08:26I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd ever board such a plane
08:30Talk about aerophobia
08:34The chances are that in a few decades, we'll see a hypersonic plane with a jet engine
08:40That can turn into a rocket
08:42That can fly into space
08:44Liquid oxygen would get injected into the exhaust
08:47Turning the engine into a rocket
08:50It would help the aircraft reach enormous speeds
08:53And on the way back, the engine would turn into a regular jet engine once again
09:00It's 1898 and you're taking part in excavations in Saqqara
09:04This place, not far away from Cairo, is full of ancient tombs and pyramids
09:10You're in your Indiana Jones mood and hope to find something really phenomenal to become famous
09:16Gold, manuscripts, treasure maps, mummies of famous pharaohs
09:21Wait, a wooden bird?
09:23You're really disappointed as it looks like a regular toy
09:27An old one, but still
09:29Little do you know that years later
09:32Someone would propose that your bird was actually an ancient monoplane
09:39So the artifact, nicknamed the Saqqara bird, is made of a sycamore tree
09:44The birdie has a wingspan of just 7 inches and weighs around 40 grams
09:49A perfect original souvenir from Egypt, I would say
09:52It's over 2,000 years old and looks pretty plain
09:56Without any carvings of feathers or other intricate ornaments
10:00It has a beak and eyes though, which makes our find look like a hawk
10:04The emblem of the deity Horus
10:07Its tail is rather unusual as it's squared, looks weirdly upright
10:12And it seems like the sunken part of it was the place for a now missing piece
10:19Humans love solving a good mystery
10:21So there have been several attempts to explain the use of the birdie
10:25First, quite simply, is that it was a ceremonial object
10:30The second idea is that it was a toy for a child from some well-off family
10:34It could have been some sort of boomerang
10:37Which was a popular concept in ancient Egypt
10:40Then there was a theory that the bird had been used as a weather vane
10:44But this one has been debunked as the figure doesn't have any holes or markings
10:49Except for the one made at the museum in Cairo to fix the exhibit on a stick
10:55So there was no way to hang it in the past
10:58Almost a century after the bird was found
11:02Egyptologist Dr. Khalil Masiha proposed a new theory that it could have been a model of a monoplane
11:08He believed the bird was missing a horizontal tailplane
11:12Otherwise, it had its wings set at a right angle, similar to that of modern planes
11:18It could have worked to generate the aerodynamic lift necessary for flights
11:22Dr. Masiha also claimed that it was common at that time
11:26To place miniature models of technological inventions in tombs
11:31So, did the ancient Egyptians really invent the plane in 200 BCE?
11:37That would make the Wright brothers, who are considered the inventors of aviation
11:42Really, really upset
11:45They made one of their first flights only in 1903
11:51There's just one way to know for sure
11:54And that is to test the model
11:55But, you know, the ancient museum in Cairo
11:59Would unlikely let one of their cherished exhibits fly around like a toy
12:03That's why glider designer Martin Gregory built a similar model
12:08This time, a balsa wood
12:10And concluded that even with the missing tailplane
12:12The plane wasn't much of a flyer
12:14Case solved?
12:16Not really
12:17This didn't sound convincing enough to the History Channel
12:21So, they invited an aerodynamics expert
12:24To build another replica of the bird
12:27He tested it in weather conditions
12:29Similar to those in Egypt
12:31And was impressed with the little plane's abilities
12:35So, if they did invent the prototype of a plane
12:38Back in the times of pharaohs
12:40It would be a good example of an upart
12:42That's an out-of-place artifact
12:45An object that's way ahead of its time in terms of technology or history
12:50And the Saqqara bird isn't the only example of such a revolutionary concept
12:56In 1901, a group of divers retrieved the Antikythera mechanism from an underwater shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera
13:04It's been dubbed the world's first analog computer
13:08And it's currently dated around 100 BCE
13:11The bronze mechanism could tell the position of the sun, moon, planets, and stars
13:17As well as the lunar phase, the dates of upcoming solar eclipses
13:21And even the speed at which the moon moves through the sky
13:26No one's sure who used it and how or where it was made
13:30But it's obvious that it's extremely precise
13:34And way too advanced for its time
13:37The first flushing toilets in the world were invented in the middle of the 20th century
13:42Just kidding
13:43The ancient Minoans on the Mediterranean island of Crete
13:47And the Indus Valley civilization
13:49Both came up with this brilliant invention at the same time
13:52Around 4,000 years ago
13:54The plumbing and sanitation were so well done
13:58That no one managed to design anything better
14:01Until 2,000 years later
14:03One ancient Minoan lavatory was discovered at the Palace of Knossos
14:09It looks like it had a wooden seat set over a tunnel
14:13That directed water from a rooftop reservoir to an underground sewer
14:17Other varieties got water from jugs
14:20Only the super-rich people could afford all this glory
14:25So if you wanted to shop for real estate back then
14:28The flushing toilet would be a tell-tale sign
14:31You were in the rich neighborhood
14:34Automated doors became a cool, seemingly new invention back in 1931
14:39But the technology behind them is actually much older
14:44Think the first century CE old
14:49Mathematician and engineer
14:51Heron of Alexandria
14:52Came up with a hydraulic system to open and close temple doors
14:57To bring it into action
14:59You need to light a fire to produce heat
15:02There was a brass pot under the fire
15:04Half filled with water
15:06The inventor connected the brass pot to containers
15:09That acted as weights
15:11When the fire was burning
15:13The water moved into the containers
15:15They went down and pulled the ropes
15:18It was nothing like a supermarket door
15:21That opens in front of you
15:22Before you even have time to think
15:25Heron's door took hours to open
15:27And there was no way to stop the process
15:30That's why they only opened the doors once a day
15:33Before people entered the temple
15:35To add some mysticism at the temple during ceremonies
15:39Spooky
15:41Looks like the first ever battery
15:43Was invented in Baghdad
15:45Around 2,000 years ago
15:47A German archaeologist
15:49Found this oval-shaped clay jar in 1938
15:53Scientists are still not sure
15:55What purpose it served
15:57And who exactly invented it
15:59There is a theory
16:00That it was used for electroplating objects
16:03With precious metals
16:04When they filled it with a weak acid like vinegar
16:07The battery produced around 1 volt of electricity
16:11Another theory
16:12Says it was a vessel for sacred scrolls
16:15Would you like to buy contact lenses
16:18Designed by Leonardo da Vinci himself?
16:20In 1508
16:22He invented a glass lens
16:24With a funnel on one side
16:25You were supposed to wear it
16:27With water inside
16:28To improve your vision
16:29Sounds a bit
16:31Uncomfortable, doesn't it?
16:33So, around a century later
16:35French scientist
16:37René Descartes
16:38Decided to improve the idea
16:40And make the cornea contact
16:41The future lenses
16:43Contacts
16:44Because they contact your eyes
16:46Get it?
16:47The glass tube with liquid
16:48Did help improve vision
16:50But blinking was sadly impossible
16:52Two and a half centuries later
16:54New technologies in the glass industry
16:57Let scientists design contacts
16:59That would fit in the eye
17:00And even let the wearer blink
17:02Thanks guys
17:03Still, those lenses were made of heavy blown glass
17:07And didn't let the eye breathe
17:09About 50 years later
17:11Contacts became plastic
17:12Lightweight, unbreakable
17:14And scratch resistant
17:16But still covering the entire eye
17:18And then, in 1948
17:20An English optical technician
17:22Accidentally sanded down a plastic lens
17:25And figured out they'd still be in place
17:27Even if they covered only the cornea
17:30Imagine you're living in 19th century London
17:33And need to send a message to New York
17:35It would have taken about 10 days
17:37To get there by ship
17:38So, when delivery time went from days to hours
17:41In 1858
17:43It was a true sensation
17:44The first message was sent
17:47By Queen Victoria herself
17:48It was all made possible
17:50Thanks to the transatlantic telegraph cable
17:53Running under the ocean
17:55Sadly, the new cool invention
17:57Only lasted a few weeks
17:59It took years to bring it back to life
18:01A mechanic from Illinois
18:03Was called out to tow a crashed vehicle
18:05As he approached the upside down Ford Ranger
18:08Suddenly, he was struck with inspiration
18:11Now, most people would only see a wrecked car
18:14But this guy saw a whole new type of vehicle
18:18He then took two pickups
18:20A Ford Ranger and a Ford F-150
18:22Then, he spent six months working on a strange new vehicle
18:28With the two cars combined
18:30He created the illusion that there was only one
18:33With enough room for passengers
18:35It's even legally approved to drive along the road
18:38With the four wheels on top
18:40All spinning autonomously in line with the ones on the road
18:43He creates confusion wherever he drives
18:46Yeah, it looks quite weird
18:48Even when perfectly parked
18:50The importance of eating your greens
18:52Is something many wholesale companies
18:54Try to convey to their potential buyers
18:56One company in England called Birdseye
18:59Went to the next level
19:01And they built a car in the shape of a pea
19:04To promote their products
19:06It's built on the chassis of an off-road go-kart
19:09And it has many parts from a Volkswagen Beetle
19:11It may look like a toy
19:13But it's not
19:15Equipped with a small Honda engine
19:16This little zooming green pea can even reach 60 miles per hour
19:22Unfortunately, you won't see it anywhere on the road
19:25As its only purpose was for a commercial
19:28But it did gain a lot of fame from ads
19:31Rumor has it, many people even inquired
19:34About how they could purchase this weird vehicle
19:38In 1964, a small, lightweight Jeep
19:41Called the Mini Moak
19:42Was designed in the US
19:44They offered it to Great Britain
19:46With the belief that it would suit their terrain
19:48Still, the car was rejected for its low ground clearance
19:52And the open side doors
19:53Weren't quite adapted for the English weather
19:57It was further offered to warmer climates
19:59In Portugal and Australia
20:01The idea was that it could be used for tourism
20:04And it could be an easy way to travel around
20:07But without any other use for fun activities
20:10Like four-wheel driving
20:11It lost popularity
20:12Still, with the introduction of electric engines
20:15It's making a comeback
20:17Well, it's no surprise
20:18The clearance now is higher
20:20The seats are more comfortable
20:22And the price is quite affordable too
20:24The car costs about $21,000
20:29In the early 20th century
20:31Cars began to rule the streets
20:33Some of them were steam-powered
20:35But that was far too noisy
20:36There were even electric vehicles
20:38But as they couldn't be powered outside of cities
20:41They also failed to catch on
20:43But there was another, stranger design
20:47In the early 1920s
20:48The Layat Helica was invented
20:50It was also called the plane with no wings
20:54In this car
20:55The driver sits in the front
20:57With one passenger seated behind
20:58The aerodynamic body of Layat Helica
21:02Is structured similarly to a plane
21:04It's mostly made from plywood
21:06With a large propeller on the front
21:08To push the car forwards
21:09The designer believed that all the added weight
21:12From normal car parts added unnecessary weight
21:15At the time
21:16Steel was incredibly important for other uses
21:18And the lightweight frame was his solution
21:22Weighing about 550 pounds
21:24This vehicle could reach speeds up to 106 miles per hour
21:29That all sounds fantastic
21:31But there was a serious downside
21:32The car was incredibly noisy
21:35And to protect their ears
21:37People had to wear similar headwear
21:39As though they were in an actual plane
21:42Not the best choice for a road trip
21:44But surprisingly, 30 of these were sold
21:49With a shortage of fuel in the 1940s
21:51Inventors were trying to find alternate forms of transport
21:55The electric vehicles were looked at again
21:57After being left on the drawing board
21:59For the past 30 years
22:02So, a brand new electric car
22:04Lof Electric
22:05Was designed in 1938
22:07And then built in 1942
22:10It's a three-wheeled egg-shaped vehicle
22:13With room for only one passenger
22:15This egg on wheels
22:17Was powered by a battery pack
22:20One full charge was enough
22:22For this little egg
22:23To travel up to 63 miles
22:25It could ride along the roads
22:27At its top speed
22:28Of 44 miles per hour
22:32This tiny car was also quite lightweight
22:34Only about 770 pounds
22:37I wish I had such a car today
22:39It would squeeze into any parking spot
22:41Yeah!
22:42Bonus!
22:43There were no blind spots in this car
22:45With a 270-degree view around it
22:48But, unfortunately
22:49It didn't catch on
22:51And only one was ever made
22:54German engineering
22:56Has always been at a high standard
22:58With automobiles
22:58And one model
23:00The Amphicar
23:01Took them to another level
23:02A car that could also be driven
23:05Into the water
23:06And could function as a boat
23:09While driving at modest speeds
23:11On the road
23:12The wheels are slightly lower than normal
23:14But once in the water
23:15The front wheels work as rudders
23:18It could sail at a speed
23:19Of up to 7 knots
23:21The designers were aware
23:23That it wasn't the best boat
23:24Or car
23:25So they advertised it
23:26As the best boat driven on the road
23:28And the best car to sail on water
23:30It was actually pretty decent
23:32As a seaworthy vessel
23:33Many people were surprised
23:35That there were no leaks
23:36Even if left docked
23:38For several hours
23:39It grew in popularity
23:41And almost 4,000 vehicles
23:43Were sold in the 1960s
23:44It even inspired
23:46Several more models
23:47Of boat cars
23:48In the automobile industry
23:50Have you ever wanted
23:52To hire a limousine?
23:54What if the limo
23:55Is crossed with a plane?
23:58One guy decided
23:59He wanted to combine
24:00His love for a 727 plane
24:03With the ability
24:04To drive it on the road
24:05Yahoo!
24:06First, he found a plane
24:08Then he removed the wings
24:09And the tail from the body
24:10And attached the plane's body
24:12To a Mercedes-Benz bus
24:13So, it's kinda
24:16A regular bus
24:16In a plane's disguise
24:18Stretched at 52 feet
24:19It became the biggest limousine
24:21In the world
24:23There's enough room
24:24For 40 people
24:25But it can still drive
24:26At up to 124 miles per hour
24:29The cockpit
24:31Is mostly preserved
24:32However, a steering wheel
24:34Was replaced to drive the limo
24:35For obvious reasons
24:36The original folding staircase
24:38Still works
24:39Making it a nice welcome
24:41To passengers
24:41While boarding the Boeing limo
24:43Surprisingly, it's registered
24:45To be driven on the road
24:47And you can even rent
24:48This 24,000 pound limousine
24:51At the beginning
24:52Of the 20th century
24:54Car engines became
24:55A lot more efficient
24:56And the availability
24:58Of affordable gas
24:59Helped automobiles
25:00Really kick off
25:01Back in 1927
25:03Car designers invented
25:04Something really posh
25:06Meet Bugatti Royale
25:08It was the most luxurious car
25:11Ever made
25:12At 21 feet long
25:14And weighing 7,000 pounds
25:16Almost twice the average weight
25:18Of a sedan built today
25:19However, at the time
25:21Of its creation
25:22There was a great decline
25:23In the economies
25:24Around the world
25:25Unfortunately
25:26This lavish car
25:28Wasn't a success
25:29Even the royalty of Europe
25:31Had no interest
25:31In such an extravagant purchase
25:3425 had been planned
25:35To be made
25:36But as interest faded
25:38Only 3 were sold
25:39The production line ceased
25:41With only 7 built
25:42In the end
25:43The engine design
25:44Was based on
25:45A French aircraft engine
25:46And is the largest
25:48Ever built
25:48But following the failure
25:50Of the Bugatti Royale
25:51The remaining engines
25:53Were reused
25:53For newly built
25:54High-speed rail cars
25:55For the French railway system
25:58In 1930
25:59An inventor
26:00John Archibald Purves
26:02Created something
26:03He believed
26:04Will be
26:04The high-speed vehicle
26:05Of the future
26:06He got his inspiration
26:08From designs
26:09Made by Leonardo da Vinci
26:10John felt
26:12That the brilliant man
26:12Was on to something
26:13He then created
26:15The Dynosphere
26:16A monowheeled vehicle
26:17That ran on electricity
26:20This 10 feet high
26:21Singular wheel
26:22Made from lattice iron
26:23And covered in leather
26:24Weighed around 1,000 pounds
26:26The driver's seat
26:28And the motor
26:28Are connected
26:29And mounted on wheels
26:30At first
26:32Steering was only possible
26:33When the driver
26:34Leant to either side
26:35But later
26:36A steering wheel
26:37Was implemented
26:37To make it easier
26:38It could reach
26:40Up to 30 miles per hour
26:41There was some interest
26:42In it as a fun activity
26:44For the beach
26:44Ah, and a modified version
26:46With 8 seats
26:47Was also made
26:48But unfortunately
26:49The designer's vision
26:51Of giant wheels
26:51Covering the highways
26:52Instead of cars
26:53Didn't come true
26:55Probably because
26:56He has yet to find a way
26:57To stop it from moving
26:58Other than running
26:59Into something
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