Hashtag Trends Aug 15 – Uber is discontinuing Uber Rewards. Renewable energy pays.Bioengineered cornea restores vision

Uber will do away with its loyalty program, renewable energy will pay for itself within six years, and scientists will create a promising bioengineered cornea.

Welcome to hashtag trending. Monday, August 15th, this is Tom Li, your host.

Uber will end its Uber Rewards loyalty program in November of this year. The program, which he first launched in 2018, awards Uber riders and Uber Eats users points, which they can use to take advantage of perks like price protection against price spikes and priority airport pickup. increase.according to VergeThere is no substitute for Uber Rewards, but Uber suggests signing up for an Uber One membership. This membership costs $10 per month and offers unique perks like discounted shipping on Uber Eats orders.

sauce: Engadget, The Verge

A new study from Stanford University found that renewable energy will take just six years to recoup the costs of the transition. Additionally, the study estimates that he will create 28 million more jobs than will be lost through the transition. Of the 145 countries surveyed, net job losses are expected in Russia, Canada and parts of Africa, all of which are major oil producers. The study concluded that once the transition is complete, it will be cheaper than continuing the current energy system.

sauce: PV magazine

Bioengineered corneas have successfully restored vision for visually impaired people. According to a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, these corneas have the potential to replace human corneas when they’re in short supply. Also, unlike corneas harvested from humans that need to be transplanted within two weeks, artificial corneas can be stored for two years. It’s cheaper than the cornea.According to the MIT Technology Review, approximately 12.7 million people worldwide suffer from corneal blindness.

sauce: MIT Technology Review

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has confirmed that it achieved ignition during a nuclear fusion reaction. Milestone was actually created last year, but has been officially released. Nuclear fusion is an attractive method of energy generation because it produces less radioactive material. Additionally, more abundant materials such as hydrogen could be used as fuel instead of the uranium used in today’s nuclear fission reactors. Ignition during a fusion reaction means that the reaction is producing enough energy to sustain itself. This has been very difficult to achieve due to the difficulty of creating an optimal environment for the reaction.

sauce: Newsweek

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