Ticket to Ride
A deal between Tesla, Uber and rental car company Hertz could make your next ride-share experience greener. Hertz has purchased 50,000 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles that will be available exclusively for rent to Uber drivers at $334 per week, including insurance and maintenance. Drivers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Washington, D.C., with a 4.7-star rating and at least 150 trips on record are eligible for the program, which could help Uber get to its goal of zero emissions by 2040.
Source: Engadget
Seeing Is Believing
About 3 percent of kids have the visual disorder amblyopia — commonly known as lazy eye — where the brain favors communication with one eye, causing visual impairment in the other. In October, the Food and Drug Administration approved a high-tech therapy to help correct the issue: virtual reality. Developed by Luminopia, the tool uses a VR headset to show children’s TV and movies to each of the patient’s eyes separately, gradually training the weaker eye to see the images properly. Clinical trials showed that 62 percent of participants had improved vision after watching one hour of shows through the headset six days a week for 12 weeks.
Source: The Verge
10%
That’s the “sweet spot” for 5G penetration, according to a recent study from British research firm Omdia. In other words, when 10 percent of a network’s subscribers have regular 5G access, the network provider can potentially start to turn a profit. The study found that only 14 percent of existing 5G networks worldwide had reached that sweet spot as of June 30, 2021, but continued growth is expected.
Source: Digital Trends
$1.25M
Source: TechCrunch
