Bionic eye gives blind man sight

A man who lost his sight 30 years ago says he can now see flashes of light after being fitted with a bionic eye, says The BBC.

The 73-year-old man had the experimental surgery seven months ago at London's Moorfield's eye hospital. He says he can now follow white lines on the road, and even sort socks, using the bionic eye, known as Argus II.

It uses a camera and video processor mounted on sunglasses to send captured images wirelessly to a tiny receiver on the outside of the eye.

The organisers of a plan to steal £229 million in a hacking attack on Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui's London branch - the biggest attempted bank heist in this country - have been found guilty, reports Computing.co.uk.

The fraudsters made several attempts to electronically transfer up to £12.5 million at a time around the world, but were unsuccessful.

The plot was discovered when staff returned to work after the weekend and realised their computers had been tampered with.

Concerned that international terrorists are prepping their attacks with help from services like Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Street View, a California lawmaker hopes to airbrush certain structural details from countless public buildings pictured on these Web-based virtual landscapes, says The Register.

San Diego-based assemblyman Joel Anderson recently introduced a California Bill that would bar "online mapping services" from serving up overly-revealing images of schools, hospitals, churches and government buildings.

"This Bill does not impact people's ability to go from one location to another on these services," said Anderson. "But the current level of detail invites bad behaviour. So we're asking these services to limit the level of detail. There's no reason they need to show where all a school's air ducts are and the elevator shafts and all the entry and exit points.”

Authorities have been increasing their efforts to crack down on pirate radio stations in the UK, says the BBC.

Regulator Ofcom says the broadcasts can put lives at risk by interfering with emergency service frequencies, and can also block legitimate stations.

Ofcom says there are more than 150 pirate radio stations operating across the UK. Last year, officers raided 43 studios used by illegal stations and shut down 838 illegal transmitters.