Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Nikola Tesla had many inventions—but some of his most ambitious ideas never came to life. One of the most mysterious was his plan for wireless energy transmission using the massive Wardenclyffe Tower. Tesla believed he could send electricity through the air across long distances, powering homes and devices without wires. But the project was shut down before it could be completed, and much of his research was lost or hidden. What was Tesla really building—and why was it stopped? This episode explores one of the most legendary “lost inventions” in science history.

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