Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.

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California considers accelerating toward driverless highway of the future - ContraCostaTimes.comIf signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the legislation would shift technology being mastered at places like Google and Stanford from test courses to public roads later this decade.
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Little flash as bionic eye brings amazed woman some sightSYDNEY (Reuters) - A bionic eye has given an Australian woman partial sight and researchers say it is an important step towards eventually helping visually impaired people get around independently. Dianne Ashworth, who has severe vision loss due to the inherited condition retinitis pigmentosa, was fitted with a prototype bionic eye in May at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
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